

- It signals a lack of security awareness to customers.
- Customers will probably not be thrilled that your system sent an email exposing their confidential information.
- Email can be read in transit, with some exceptions, and on shared devices.
- It’s a beacon to hackers and an open invitation to try and breach your website.

- If you have a secure checkout page then you might already have an SSL certificate that a website developer or web admin can use to secure your other pages.
- Buy an SSL certificate and have your web admin set it up on your site. Certificates range in price from free per year to $400+ per year depending on the specifics.
- Use your hosting company’s certificate. They’ll often provide this service at no charge and will set it up for free.
