Complex sentence: For credit card payments, the merchant typically employs a secure payment method using technology such as SSL or TLS to protect the customer's sensitive information from interception by encrypting all data transferred between the customer's computer and the website's server.
Split into simpler sentences: For credit card payments, the merchant typically employs a secure payment method using technology such as SSL or TLS. This protects the customer's sensitive information from interception by encrypting all data transferred between the customer's computer and the website's server.