SSM Solutions or its licensors are committed to protecting your privacy as an Internet user whenever you buy goods or services from a Merchant which uses SSM Solutions. The Merchant will generally be using SSM Solutions when the cardholder is using a credit or debit card over the Internet, Phone, Fax, Unattended or Integrated EFTPOS system. SSM Solutions recognizes its responsibility to keep confidential at all times any information which SSM Solutions acquires in connection with such a transaction, whether directly from the Cardholders or Merchant. SSM Solutions protects personal information (at a minimum) to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. Please note however; SSM Solutions responsibility is limited to protection by SSM Solutions of information which SSM Solutions obtains. SSM Solutions itself cannot, of course, control the use or disclosure by your supplier of any information which they obtain from you.
To enable SSM Solutions to provide secure payment facilities it will typically acquire information which may include the Cardholder's name, credit card number (with the expiry date) and billing address.
SSM Solutions uses the information to obtain authorization of the transaction from the Issuing bank of the credit card and SSM Solutions own or the Merchant's bank and to process the payment. Some details from the transaction (such as name, email and delivery address) may be made available to the Merchant or Acquirer through Payline - SSM Solutions web based transactions management system, which allows Merchants to track transactions and process refunds.
SSM Solutions is committed to data security. SSM Solutions uses a variety of technologies and procedures to help protect personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, SSM Solutions stores the data in computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities secured by the latest in surveillance and security technology. When SSM Solutions transmits sensitive information (such as a credit card numbers), SSM Solutions protects it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. SSM Solutions is a level 1 certified PCI-DSS compliant provider.