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Major
credit card issuers created PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance
standards to protect personal information and ensure security when
companies process, store, or transmit credit card information,
whether it be a brick and mortar or an online business. All members
of the payment card industry must comply with these standards if
they want to accept credit cards. Failure to meet compliance
standards can result in fines from credit card companies and banks
and even the loss of the ability to process credit cards.
PCI Compliance applies to all
businesses or merchants, regardless of size, who acquire banks, are
independent sales organizations, processors, hosts, shopping carts,
e-commerce and retail merchants. All merchants who store, process
or transmit card holder data must now be compliant. You may refer
to your merchant bank for specific validation
requirements.
A SSL (Secure Certificate) is
not a valid PCI compliance requirement. Its purpose is to secure
connection between customer's browser and web server, as well
as, validation of a Website organization. To be PCI compliant you
must protect credit card information.
To satisfy the requirements of
PCI compliance Alternate Image has a registered account with
TrustKeeper, a
certified PCI compliance provider for all credit card companies.
TrustKeeper has validated the compliance of the majority of service
providers listed on the Visa and Mastercard
websites.
We have also passed compliance
with Security Metrics, but work exclusively with
TrustKeeper.
Alternate Image stays up to date
on all PCI compliance regulation changes. If you receive a
notification of non-compliance, this does not mean your website is
insecure. Please notify us immediately and we will work towards
resolving any data security vulnerabilities.
If you have any other questions
regarding PCI Compliance please feel free to contact us
anytime.
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