There has been repeated conjecture in this thread with regard to whether or not we store credit card information.
As we have stated, we do not store credit card information. But, in an effort to avoid any misunderstanding with regard to what you see on our site, this is what we do process and store.
Credit card information gathered during the transaction is forwarded immediately and securely to Authoirize.Net, our payment gateway; we do not retain this information once your transaction is complete. Authorize.Net has been a leading provider of payment gateway services, managing the submission of billions of transactions to the processing networks on behalf of merchant customers. Authorize.Net is a solution of CyberSource Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Visa (NYSE: V).
As is the case in most credit card transactions, the gateway provider in turn forwards the credit card information to Litle & Co., our credit card processor. Litle & Co. powers the payment processing engines for leading companies that sell directly to consumers through multichannel and internet retail. Litle & Co. is recognized as the leading, independent authority in card-not-present (CNP) commerce.
We do retain the last four digits of your credit card number together with the expiration date. This information is not sufficiently complete to initiate a charge on our site or anywhere else. Instead, we retain a token provided by the credit card gateway. The token is a random number that contains no credit card information. It does allow us to enable you to easily use the same credit card for future transactions with us;
but only with us. Your actual credit card information is stored by the Authorize.Net. This tokenization process is recognized as the gold standard for Internet sites even though it has been adopted only by the biggest or most sophisticated companies.
If you still remain uncomfortable with this process, you may delete this retained information at any time
here
Please contact our customer service manager Todd with any additional questions. His direct number is 952-562-5354.
Cheers,
The Crew @ Midwest.