Your Connection is Not Private RESOLVED]

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Aaron Long
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While surfing the internet through the Chrome browser, one may get an error that Your Connection is Not Private. It can be an alarming error because people are doing a lot of personal and sensitive work on a daily basis on the internet. If a connection is not private then this may cause loss or leakage of the private information. This could be very helpful for the hackers to hack the data or information and misuse the same or their convenience.

Your Connection is Not Private in Google Chrome

This error may arise due to the insecure connection of SSL between the System and the Server, or there might be a case that the SSL certificate gets expired. There could also be a possibility that the error has occurred when the web page starting with https was opened and not HTTP.

Secured Socket Layer or SSL is a security layer responsible for establishing links between a web server and a browser while keeping the data secured with some kind of encryption over the data.

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Why Your Connection is Not Private Occur in Google Chrome

There are a large number of Internet users using Google Chrome as their preferred browser, and your browser must check whether your connection is secured. So,  if the error “Your Connection Not Private” has come about, it is because of this SSL error that the internet connection does not allow the Google Chrome browser to get the webpage from the web server in a secure way.

The SSL Connection error is probably due to:

(1). System Time is not real-time.

(2). The SSL certificate is expired, set up in a wrong way or does not belong to the requested domain.

(3). Google Chrome is not updated.

(4). The SSL certificate is not installed properly.

(5). A trusted organization doesn’t issue the SSL certificate.

Now that the reasons for the error are known, let us fix Your Connection is Not Private in Chrome.

Fix: Your Connection is Not Private in Google Chrome

Here are the top 5 methods which can be used to solve this error in Chrome:

Method 1 – Verify Date and Time

Step 1: The first step one can apply, change, or set the Time and Date of your System accurately because the date and time can be the issue behind the error of insecure connection.

Step 2: Go to the “Date and Time” icon from the System Tray and right-click on it and select the “Adjust date/time” option to open the detail window.

Step 3: One can easily select the Time and Date and change them if it is not correct. The Time zone of your zone is also needed to be set for proper time and date.

Step 4: After setting it, close all windows, refresh the System, and now open any web page through the Chrome browser.

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Method 2 – Scrutinize your Antivirus Software or Firewall Settings

If some antivirus is installed in the system, it is better to see the settings of the antivirus program and switch off the ‘SSL scan’ option. Some antivirus programs are sensitive and do not authorize to use a website if it has detected some kind suspect in the SSL certificate. However, you can test if the error has gone by turning off the antivirus program temporarily if you are unable to locate the ‘SSL scan’ option.

Method 3 – Clear the Browsing Data in Chrome

In the case of large amounts of browsing data stored, the error is likely to be shown time and again. Hence, browsing data should be cleared.

Step 1: First, click on the menu icon from the top-right corner of the window.

Step 2: Then select the Settings from the drop-down menu.

Step 3: Afterwards, locate the Show advanced settings option.

Step 4: Then go to the privacy tab and click on the Clear Browsing Data button.

Afterward, clear the browsing history which you want to delete and finally click on the Clear Browsing Data button.

Method 4 – Use the Incognito Mode of Chrome

This method is a way to detect if some extension that is responsible for the error. Follow the given steps:

Step 1: First, open the incognito mode, either by using Ctrl + Shift + N or going to the menu on the top-right corner of the window and select the option New Incognito Window.

Step 2: Then check if the website opens up. If yes, then surely there is a problem with some Extension.

Step 3: So, go to the top-right corner of the window, click on the menu icon to select the Settings option from the drop-down.

Step 4: Afterwards, click on Extensions on the left side of the window that will show all the extensions.

Step 5: Check if any extension is hampering the SSL connection. If any such extension is found, uncheck the Enable option for that extension.

If none of the above methods works, you can probably go on to try the next option that bypasses the SSL connection.

Method 5 – Move to the Website with Insecure Connection

It is the last resort if nothing of the above tricks work. It involves bypassing the SSL private connection to see the website in an insecure mode. Follow the below steps:

Step 1: First, go to the website where the Your Connection is Not Private error page shows up.

Step 2: Then scroll down a little to see the Advanced link.

Step 3: However, we have noted that this is a risk to your private data and go forward with this option temporarily only if there is nothing else that worked to resolve the error or if you are confident enough that the website you are browsing is safe for you to open.

Resetting or Reinstall Google Chrome would be helpful, but only do it if the above methods didn’t work. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time and energy.

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Conclusion

I hope this information and methods can help you understand more about this Your Connection is Not Private in Chrome error as well as how to resolve it when it occurs. Hopefully, these solutions will help discard the error.

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