Look Out for the Payment Card Trap

Covid-19 Notice

Semafone is closely monitoring the global impact of the coronavirus and is taking all precautionary measures to protect our staff and to maintain operations. Read More

There is currently no impact on our business, and we have robust contingency plans in place to ensure the safety of our employees and continuity of our operations for all our customers should the virus spread at an increased rate. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].

We have issued country specific guidance on travel to all employees and are monitoring threat levels and reissuing guidance accordingly. Our employees are fully equipped to work from home in all of our geographical locations and we will be keeping home working as the norm until risk levels have significantly declined.

Compliance with payment regulations can be expensive. Don’t let security become a protection racket, warns Graham Thompson.

THE DIRECTOR of any business that accepts credit or debit card payments, from the manager of the local corner shop to head of a 5,000-seat contact centre, needs to be aware of the regulations associated with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, known in the business as PCI DSS.

February 12, 2013

Matt Daly