Processing Payments
Credit Card and Security Notice Statements
USF has strict guidelines on who can collect online payments for products and services. USF Information Technology uses payment transaction software that meets all government and banking institution requirements for compliance (this include Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards Compliance and Graham, Leach, Bliley Act). The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a worldwide information security standard defined by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. The standard was created to help payment card industry organizations that process card payments prevent credit card fraud through increased controls around data and its exposure to compromise. If you make a payment in an online transaction with USF, we may share information regarding these payments with payment gateways and resellers for the express purpose of completing a transaction or verifying that a transaction is not fraudulent. In each case these companies do not share or resell private information for any purpose outside of completing the transaction. If we are required by law to disclose certain information collected in an online transaction to local, state, federal, national or international government or law enforcement authorities, USF will do so.
Security
The University of South Florida takes credit card information security seriously. We have implemented a variety of technical and procedural controls to ensure transactions collected on our site are private and protected. To ensure information you provide online is secure during transmission, USF employs leading edge, encryption technology and Secure Socket Layers (SSL) while processing personal information supplied by you.