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What does it mean to be PCI compliant?

Michael Klett
posted this on May 10, 2011 08:41 pm

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of requirements designed to ensure that ALL companies that process, store or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment. Cardholder data is any personally identifiable data associated with a cardholder. This could be an account number, expiration date, name, address, social security number, etc. All personally identifiable information associated with the cardholder that is stored, processed, or transmitted is also considered cardholder data.

Chargify recently achieved Level 1 PCI Compliance, the highest level a business can be. We also work with only the most reputable gateways to make sure all of your customer’s payment information is stored in a PCI compliant location.