How does the Donation Station handle data security?
When it comes to the Donation Station, we’re often asked: What happens to the payment data and how is it secure?
Security and compliance are critical for GWD
The Donation Station’s performance is secure by design, reflecting our sustainability values to develop products that offer the best technology in the industry. Learn more about how our technology supports various charity fundraising sectors.
This can be explained by a few important facts about our use of payments technology:
We prevent access to data
GWD doesn’t handle your sensitive data, either on servers or on the device, other than the Gift Aid declaration information that is supplied via password-protected download on your customer portal.
Data is encrypted by the payment terminal
The card payment terminal that sits inside the Donation Station (or externally for a Chip and PIN version) is separate to the donation journey on-screen.
When someone makes a donation, the card terminal encrypts the card details, as it processes the payment, and once approved by the payment processor, data is re-encrypted on its confirmation back to the device. Discover more about the technology behind our contactless payment devices.
The payment terminal is PCI compliant
PCI compliance means that you can be confident that the payments made through the Donation Station are secure, because they meet the global security standards of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) to protect users against identity theft.
Additionally, the payment process is PA-DSS certified, meaning it meets the requirements of the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS), ensuring the Donation Station doesn’t store data such as the security PIN, or CVV number, during transmission of cardholder data during authorisation or settlement.
Further questions?
We know each organisation will have their own security requirements and compliance queries to follow, so let us know what you need from us.
Who are GWD?
We help socially-minded organisations transition to digital systems, building stronger relationships through impactful products and services.
Our experience goes back two decades, with a foundation building and providing critical digital services and products for the financial services and retail industries.
With a long-proven ability to handle challenging projects and a team of trusted experts, we work hard to solve problems and deliver change that helps others.
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