privacy policy

Privacy Policy Requirements:

A privacy policy is a statement or a legal document that discloses some or all of the ways a party gathers, uses, discloses, and manages a customer or client’s data.

It should include:

• What information is collected
• What the information collected is used for
• Who the information is shared with and why
• How your customer can opt out of information sharing

Secure Checkout Requirements:  

As a merchant, you are solely responsible for the security of all data you receive from your customers. CyberSource does require all ecommerce merchants to have a secure checkout page on their website.

There are two ways to make your checkout page secure:

• Use the Server Integration Method (SIM), which allows your checkout and receipt pages to be hosted on Authorize.Net’s secure server.
• Get your own SSL Certificate – A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate ensures that transmissions are encrypted and cannot be modified in transit by other parties on the internet.
  • An internet page with an SSL certificate will have a URL address of https and/or have a padlock icon in the web address bar

For further information on SSL certificates and how to purchase one, please visit: http://www.authorize.net/solutions/merchantsolutions/merchantservices/sslcertificates/