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PCI FAQ on cardholder data storage duration

Documents that stored cardholder data must be limited to necessary purposes, protected under PCI DSS, securely deleted when no longer required, and that sensitive authentication data such as card verification codes is not stored after authorization.

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Payment card entry Choose payment card entry when the task is to charge a card, verify a card, save a card payment method, or replace a card-on-file credential. Users can type, paste, autofill, delete, select, and correct card number, expiry, CVC, and postal code fields without losing entered values. PCI SSC supports limiting stored cardholder data and not storing card verification codes after authorization.

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Publisher: PCI Security Standards Council. Last checked: .