The VoicE Q1 January 2014 | Page 35

Don’t’ Let Security and Data Privacy Take a “Bite” Out of Your Club BROUGHT TO YOU BY: new members, such as electronic agreements, should carry the highest level of security. You may be thinking, “my electronic agreements keep me environmentally friendly” or “not having paper keeps me more organized”, when actually having all this information in “soft” form takes another possible security threat out of your hands! Let your CMS vendor safely store all the confidential information contained in Follow along as we go on a journey that outlines electronic agreements, eliminating your rethe security measures you should be taking and sponsibility of having that paper agreement end up in the wrong hands. passing on to your most valuable assets - your members. Keep in mind, this is also where the PCI compliance of your CMS solution needs to Another simple security step that may be close be verified and examined. to your member’s heart is how their credit card information is captured and stored. This is Even the simplest steps you take with your something that when making credit card purYou can’t turn on the news these days and not hear about another security breach from a major large retailer or service provider. As a club owner, you are not only concerned with your business/internal data, but your member’s personal data as well. This is where your club management software (CMS) can save you MANY security headaches. 35