[Hidden-tech] CC processing security issues (was Re: Small business insurance)

[Kristi]

I'm a lawyer who takes credit cards for both payments and trust account
deposits. I use a company called "Lawpay" which has been vetted by my state
and national bar associations; I trust them to handle the credit card
transactions appropriately and I never keep the credit card numbers on my
system. They are pretty affordable.  They are a subsidiary of a company
called Affinipay, which offers payment processing to non-lawyer
associations. I know this sounds like an ad, but I have no financial stake
in any of this, just sharing.  Affinipay.com is the website. Good luck.

Kristi A. Bodin
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On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Rob Laporte <Rob at 2disc.com> wrote:

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> Shel’s solution makes sense to me and seems convenient for clients. I was
> referring more to when a web developer is paid to make websites (and apps
> or whatever) that process payments. The client’s liability for its
> customers’ credit card processing may extend to the web dev person or firm
> who helped make the credit card processing website. But I’m no lawyer, so I
> don’t know the risks here. Worth researching by firms or solo-preneurs
> doing such web dev.
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> On Feb 11, 2016, at 6:19 AM, Shel Horowitz <shel at principledprofit.com>
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> Rob brought up the issue of risk from credit card exposure. This is one
> among several reasons why I gave up my merchant account.
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> I either get clients to pay me via Intuit Payment Network (50 cents a
> transaction no matter how many digits--great for big consulting gigs) or
> swipe their cards through a reader into my paypal account. Other than the 1
> minute where I'm holding their card, I never handle the cc number and it
> doesn't show up on my receipt. And at my very low volume, it's actually
> cheaper than merchant processing on my own.
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> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Lynn Scharf <
> lynn at silverleafgeospatial.com> wrote:
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>> Can anyone recommend a small business insurer with experience working
>> with software developers and entrepreneurs?  I'm looking for some basic
>> "errors and omissions" type insurance.
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>> Many thanks,
>> Lynn
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