Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard Level 1

Cobalt Telephone Technologies is one of the UK parking industry's largest processors of credit and debit card payments. Information captured by Cobalt, during its service operations, is encrypted and held in accordance with the highest levels of security.

The processes and procedures used by Cobalt have been accredited by independent assessors on behalf of the payment card industry. This is known as PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard) accreditation and all aspects of our UK operations have been accredited to PCI-DSS Level 1. This Europe-wide standard is the highest and most rigorous level of accreditation any UK-based card processing organisation can attain.

You can download list of PCI accredited organisations in Europe by clicking here.

Data protection

The security features of Cobalt's infrastructure ensure that the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 are met in full. As a result, strict confidentiality regarding the information that is stored and processed about our clients is maintained, ensuring card details are always kept safe.

All user data is held onshore in the United Kingdom and is not passed into foreign jurisdictions for processing.

PCI Compliance