An Employee Is Taking a Credit Card Payment Over the Phone

question 207

Multiple Choice

An employee is taking a credit card payment over the phone, but the payment system has a temporary outage. To avoid inconveniencing the customer, the employee writes down the credit card number and expiration date on a notepad to be entered later. This is in violation of:

• A) PHI.
• B) PCI.
• C) PII.
• D) PGP.

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