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5.11.8 Disparagement
NOTE
5.12 Security Rules
Merchants
5.12 Security Rules
Rules on this topic appears in Chapter 10, “Asia/Pacific Rules”; Chapter 13,
“Latin America and the Caribbean Region Rules”; and Chapter 15, “United States
Region Rules.”
An Acquirer must ensure that each of its Merchants and the Merchants’ DSEs
comply with all of the requirements set forth in this Rule 5.12.
5.12.1 Sale or Exchange of Information
A Merchant must not sell, purchase, provide, exchange or in any manner
disclose Card account number, Transaction, or personal information of or
about a Cardholder to anyone other than its Acquirer, to the Corporation, or in
response to a valid government demand.
This prohibition applies to Card imprints, TIDs, carbon copies, mailing lists,
tapes, database files, and all other media created or obtained as a result of a
Transaction.
5.13 Discounts or Other Benefits at the Point of Interaction
NOTE
Compliance Zones
A Rule on this topic appears in Chapter 10, “Asia/Pacific Region Rules”; Chapter
11, “Canada Region Rules”; Chapter 12, “Europe Region Rules”; Chapter 13,
“Latin America and the Caribbean Region Rules”; and Chapter 14, “South
Asia/Middle East/Africa Region Rules”.
The following table identifies the noncompliance category that the Corporation
has assigned to the Standards described within this chapter. These
noncompliance categories are assigned for the purposes of assessments under
the compliance framework described in Rule 3.1.2.
Rule Number/Rule Title Category
5.1 The Merchant Agreement A
5.2.1 Acquiring Transactions B
5.2.2 Merchant and Sub-merchant Compliance with the Standards A
5.2.3 Merchant Information B
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MasterCard Rules • 12 December 2012 5-19