An important note about collecting credit card Information
on your web site
Information security has become one of the foremost
concerns for today's society, especially to those who need to provide
users with information-sharing capabilities across the Internet.
The TOPS Web Site Service shares the same values and therefore does
not allow or assist clients who wish to capture or store Credit
Card information through our standard web site features, including
eForms.
The information captured in an eForm is stored in a database. That
data now becomes "unsecured" as eForm data is stored with
no encryption. This is true even for those clients who have purchased
our "Secure Site" solution. Our "Secure Site"
solution includes SSL secure encryption of all data passing between
the browser and the web server (this is what the little lock that
appears on the bottom of your screen indicates), however it does
not encrypt the data once it is stored in the database. By using
our eForm feature to collect credit card information, your company
is accepting a huge amount of liability - and it is not a risk we
can let you take in good conscience.
Obviously, the TOPS Web Site Service is also worried about assuming
this liability so we have made available an alternate solution.
We suggest that you check out our Online Payment feature and our
CommunityDocs feature as these two features do NOT store credit
card information on the company's web site (nor on the TOPS Web
Site database servers). These two features offer our clients the
ability to have residents pay their dues online and for companies
to accept credit card payments for Resale Packets. Please contact
our Sales Department if you are interested in either of these features
for your web site - sales@topshome.com
or 800-556-7852.
By: Tasha Williams Beard
Production/Support Manager
AtHomeNet, Inc.
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