Welcome to the Mr. Knickerbocker PCI Compliance Information Page

• PCI stands for Payment Card Industry. This is represents all the major credit card agencies in the United States. Members include:

  • Visa
  • MasterCard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  
  
• PCI Compliance Standards were issued by the industry after a rampant series of series breaches into credit card databases by companies such as T.J Max and J.C Penny, in which Millions of credit cards numbers and identities were compromised. The Standards reflect the very best in industry security standards, and are only a required mimunum, with many companies going well beyond the requirements.
  

• PCI Compliance is a requirement by the industry, and will become mandatory in April, 2009, with businesses not compliant facing fines, revocation of ability to use/accept credit payments, and total liability for funds if they are compromised.
• The Current PCI Compliance standard is the "Data Security Standard version 1.1" or DSS 1.1 for short.

Mr. Knickerbocker, Inc has always taken your privacy and security seriously and has been a top priority since inception of our taking credit card numbers via phone and online.

What does this PCI cover in regards to purchases?

• The PCI Compliance standard covers in-store purchases, over the phone purchases, and internet orders.
• If you wish to read more, visit the PCI Security Standards Council's webpage

• This covers all manner of businesses that use credit cards, regardless of how big or small, from the small mom & pop shop, to Wal-Mart.

• A site that is PCI Compliant will usually have a method of telling you they are. If you look in the address bar where you type in where you want to go, you may notice what looks like a padlock in the right corner, or a long green bar with the sites name in the left side of the address bar. You may also notice icons, images or, more correctly "Security Seals" on the site you are browsing. If you do not notice these, the site is most likely not secure. Do not mistake a website that is "Verisign, or SiteSafe" to be PCI compliant, this merely means they encrypt your data when they send it across the internet. Most hackers and theives on the internet do not rely on intercepting data, as it is usually encrypted and not worth they're time. They will usually  try to hack into the stores network (brute force or just "hacking"), or impersonate a client and request sensitive data, through what is called "Social Engineering". Mr. Knickerbocker takes steps to mitigate this threat significantly, and you are reminded, that no transaction is ever safe, not even in-store, at any location anywhere, but steps can be taken to make it nearly impossible for you to be compromised.
• Regardless of what you hear in the media, the chances of this happening to you are as much as getting struck by lighting, as long as you take common sense into play when you shop.
• The Seal below is what is listed on our website. It is a good example of what you should look for on any website.