Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate:
The padlock icon at the bottom of your screen indicates when you are in a secure section of the Origin Energy website. The Origin Energy website uses a Geotrust digital certificate. To view details of this certificate, double click on the padlock when it is closed and it will bring up information about the certificate. For further information, please visit the GeoTrust website .
This certificate ensures that the confidential information you send from your web browser to the server that the Origin Energy website is hosted on via the World Wide Web will be encrypted. Any information travelling between these two points is encrypted which blocks third parties from being able to read the contents of the transmission.
Virtual Private Network (VPN):
The VPN encrypts the data that travels between the Origin Energy website server and Origin Energy. This ensures that the confidential information you send from the Origin Energy website will be encrypted and blocks third parties from being able to read the contents of the transmission.
