SecurityMetrics Safe Harbor Certified to Protect EU, Swiss Personal Data

-- SecurityMetrics demonstrates commitment to consumer privacy with U.S. – EU Safe Harbor Framework

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SecurityMetrics, a leading provider of payment data security and compliance solutions, today announced it has obtained U.S. – EU Safe Harbor Framework and U.S. – Swiss Safe Harbor Framework certification from the United States Department of Commerce, signifying its compliance with European Union and Swiss privacy laws with regard to the collection, use, and retention of personal data. SecurityMetrics provides security products and solutions to thousands of enterprises located within the European Union, and is eager to comply with mandates that assure the security of current and future data flows.

In its privacy policy, SecurityMetrics promises it will take appropriate physical, technical, and organisational measures to protect personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

"Safeguarding sensitive business data is at the heart of all products and services we provide," said Chief Executive Officer of SecurityMetrics, Brad Caldwell. "As we continue to add customers it is imperative we maintain the highest level of global security and data protection standards to meet current and future customer needs."

The U.S. – EU Safe Harbor Framework directive is designed to provide global companies headquartered in the U.S. the means to satisfy EU legal privacy and data protection requirements that enable participating organisations to use and transfer data to and from EU organisations. To learn more about SecurityMetrics' privacy policies, visit https://securitymetrics.com/sm/pub/legal/privacy.

About SecurityMetrics (www.securitymetrics.com)

SecurityMetrics assists in protecting electronic commerce and payments leaders, global acquirers, and their retail customers from security breaches and data theft. The company is a leading provider and innovator in merchant data security and compliance, and as an Approved Scanning Vendor and Qualified Security Assessor, has helped over 1 million organisations manage PCI DSS compliance and/or secure their network infrastructure, data communication, and other information assets. Founded in October 2000, SecurityMetrics is a privately held company headquartered in Orem, Utah, USA.