7. SECURITY</b> <i>We take a number of steps to protect your data, but no security is guaranteed.</i>Upwork takes commercially reasonable steps to help protect and secure the information it collects and stores about Upwork Users. All access to the Site is encrypted using industry-standard transport layer security technology (“<b>TLS</b>”). When you enter sensitive information (such as tax identification number), we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (“<b>SSL</b>”).