Subject: Fw: PCI Certification [ACTION REQUIRED]
From: "LLPS Customer Service" <[email-masked]>
To: "Joey Sheets" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 16:26:14 -0400

Please handle this. 
Thank you,
Michael B
LLPS

From: PayPal 
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 10:32 AM
To: [email-masked] 
Subject: PCI Certification [ACTION REQUIRED]

 
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      Dear Michael Bishop,

      Thank you for choosing PayPal for your payment processing needs. In March you received an email regarding your PCI compliance that contained errors.  We apologize for the inconvenience and confusion it may have caused. You will have 180 days from the date of this email to become PCI compliant.  Please review this entire email for action you must take to meet industry compliance requirements and maintain your account status at PayPal.

      Background

      As your processor of payment card transactions, PayPal must validate your compliance to industry mandated Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards. 

      PCI mandates that you meet minimum online security requirements.  Non-compliance risks a negative impact to your company’s reputation, as well as severe fines, in the event of a data breach.  Once you meet these requirements, you need to certify your compliance.  This means enrolling with a Visa- and MasterCard-certified security vendor for PCI certification services.  As part of these services, the vendor will help with the completion of a Security Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) that asks questions about your credit card processing system and methods.  In addition, the vendor will conduct a Quarterly Security Scan of your office and store internet connections, including your website.  PayPal has partnered with Panoptic Security to help assist you in this certification.  Please find more information here.

      PCI compliance is an ongoing activity, but choosing a product that is PCI compliant can simplify the periodic certifications you need to do. Please ask your account manager about PayPal’s PCI compliant solutions. 

      What you need to do

      To become PCI compliant and certify your PCI compliance to PayPal:

      1.    Complete and pass the annual security self-assessment questionnaire

      2.    Complete and pass quarterly security scans of your Internet infrastructure

      3.    Get your certificate of compliance

      4.    Fax your certificate to PayPal at (303)395-2821

      Resources

      PayPal is committed to helping you succeed online, providing you with the tools that can help you focus on running your business.  Getting PCI-compliant can be a lot of work, but PayPal and partners like Panoptic Security are here to help.

      Additional information on PCI compliance can be found on the official PCI security standards website: www.pcisecuritystandards.org.  

      Longer term, you should consider PayPal’s products that provide secure transaction processing, so you don’t have to worry about it.  Ask your account manager about PayPal’s PCI compliant solutions.  For other questions, please contact us at [email-masked].

      We appreciate your diligence in this matter, and look forward to working with you so that you may continue serving your customers.

      Sincerely, 

      The PayPal Team

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