{"id":371,"date":"2020-06-03T11:49:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T03:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=371"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:01:51","slug":"google-chrome-browser-your-connection-is-not-private","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/google-chrome-browser-your-connection-is-not-private","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Your connection is not private\u2019\u2013 Google Chrome Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 dir=\"ltr\">\u2018 Your connection is not private &#8216;<\/h4>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cf-assets.www.cloudflare.com\/slt3lc6tev37\/7sPeJvuqzm4sb3Sz1TYcOX\/6fbfe5bc7e7b056464cb0e11a3c59f6f\/connection-not-private.png\" alt=\"\u2018 Your connection is not private '\" width=\"734\" height=\"391\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At times you may encounter an issue with your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/chrome\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Chrome<\/a> browser whereby when you open the browser and type any URL, then you will be presented with this unexpected information on-screen:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><u>What is this and what is the problem?<\/u><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Google, with its Chrome browser update since release 37. This is the new default behavior for Chrome when accessing https (secure web) sites.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0In previous Google Chrome browser releases, the security warning dialog would appear like this:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><u>How to overcome this?<\/u><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The solution is to Select\u00a0<strong>Advanced<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<strong>Proceed to {URL you are trying to access}<\/strong>\u00a0and the next time you visit THIS URL it will proceed as normal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><u>Why it is showing?<\/u><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Browsers only accept certificates signed by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA) without complaint. Self-signed certificates are a breach in the established \u201cchain of trust\u201d that starts with a recognized CA, whose own root level \u00a0digital certificates are installed by default with all web browsers. Since self-signed certificates are neither signed by a CA nor pre-installed with browsers, they are flagged as untrusted (unsafe).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If you want to learn how to clear your browser cache, you can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-clear-your-browser-cache\" rel=\"nofollow\">this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018 Your connection is not private &#8216; At times you may encounter an issue with your Google Chrome browser whereby when you open the browser and type any URL, then you will be presented with this unexpected information on-screen: What is this and what is the problem? Google, with its Chrome browser update since release 37. This is the new&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[12],"kbtag":[1659],"class_list":["post-371","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-getting-started","kbtag-connection-not-private"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5750,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/371\/revisions\/5750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=371"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}