Certifications & Compliance
HOW WE KEEP YOU SAFE
Worldline goes through numerous security audits, including but not limited to PCI, SOC 1, and SOC 2. Worldline is also audited on an ongoing, annual basis by our partnered banks and card networks.
PCI Compliance
All companies that process, store, or transmit credit card information must maintain a secure environment. Worldline is Level 1 PCI-Certified (the highest level).
What are PCI standards?
All companies that process, store, or transmit credit card information must maintain a secure environment. The standards were created by Amex, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa to protect businesses and consumers alike.
This includes all:
-Merchants
-Vendors
-Software providers
How are the standards upheld?
1) Annual audits
Worldline goes through numerous security audits, including but not limited to PCI, SOC 1, and SOC 2. Worldline is also audited on an ongoing, annual basis by our partnered banks and card schemes.
2) Merchant’s assessments
If you acquire your merchant account through Worldline, we will ask you to complete a PCI DSS self-assessment questionnaire and, if required, a network scan.
Worldline North America data centres are located in Canada; no payment data is stored anywhere in the United States.
All of Bambora North America’s data practices meet Canadian privacy legislation PIPEDA, “The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.” PIPEDA has been deemed adequate to EU privacy law.
With new privacy legislation coming to Europe in 2018, Worldline will continue to be a leader in privacy security globally as the new laws come into place.