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Cardholder Privacy and Security
PleaserefertotheCardholder PrivacysheetinyourMerchantWelcomeKit.Itcontainsimportant
informationaboutyourresponsibilitiestoyourcustomersandtheirpersonalandtransaction
information.
Terminalsecurity
ItistheMerchant’sresponsibilitytosecuretheirterminal,anyuserIDsorpasswordsandtoprevent
unauthorizeduse.InanyeventtheMerchantwillbeliableforanyunauthorizeduseoftheterminalor
anyuserIDsorpasswords.TherearethreeoptionstosecuretheSharedPOS:
Home Screen Desktop Screen Explanation
Not secured Alldesktopscreens
protected
AgoodoptionwhereMerchantsperformtheirown
transactions.
Secured Notprotected Agoodoptionwherethereisasinglepersonperforming
transactionsforallMerchants.
Secured Somedesktop
screenssecured
AcustomizedoptionwhereMerchantsperformtheirown
transactionsbutsomedon’twantpasswordprotection.
Not secured Notsecured Anoptionwherethereisasinglepersonwhomanagesan
officeformultipleMerchants.Thisoptionistheleastsecure
andnotsuggested.
Locking your home screen
Control Panel->Settings->ScreenLock
1. ConfirmthatyouwanttolockyourHomescreen(YES).Yourhomescreenisnowonlybeopened
byyouradministratorpassword.
Fraudprevention
PleaserefertotheHow to Help Prevent FraudpamphletinyourMerchantWelcomeKit.Youcanalso
reducefraudulenttransactionsonyourterminalbyenabling:
Force post fraud prevention
Youcannowdisableorpasswordprotectforceposttransactionsonyourterminal.Ifaforcepost
transactionoccurstheterminalwilleither:
• Disabled—Statethatthetransactionisnotallowed.
OR
• Passwordprotected—Requestasupervisorormanagertoentertheirpassword.
Call for authorization fraud prevention
Youcanenable/disablecallforauthorizationtransactions.ThedefaultsettingisOFF.
If you want to use either of these fraud prevention features, you must enable them on each of your terminals. To do so, please
call the TD Merchant Solutions Help Desk at 1-800-363-1163.