Keeping Your Donations on GiveSendGo Safe
Every donation made on GiveSendGo is processed through a PCI Level 1-certified payment processor, the highest security standard in the payments industry. Your payment information is encrypted from the moment you click Give and is never stored on GiveSendGo's servers.
How We Protect Your Payment
GiveSendGo protects your giving experience through:
- PCI Level 1 certification: the most rigorous standard for payment security, requiring annual third-party audits and ongoing vulnerability testing
- SSL encryption: protects your payment details in transit
- Routine security scans: ongoing monitoring for threats and vulnerabilities
- Regular system updates: keeps defenses current against evolving risks
What This Means for You
Your card details are encrypted and handled by our payment processing partner under strict compliance requirements. GiveSendGo never stores your payment information on our own servers.
You can give knowing your personal and payment information is protected from start to finish. For more on what PCI compliance means in practice, see PCI Compliance and What It Means for Your Donation.
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