Sensitive Authentication Data (SAD) definition
Sensitive Authentication Data (SAD) means security-related information used to authenticate cardholders and/or authorize payment card transactions. This information includes, but is not limited to, card validation verification codes/values, full track data (from magnetic stripe or equivalent on a chip), PINs, and PIN blocks.
Examples of Sensitive Authentication Data (SAD) in a sentence
Payment card data is protected in accordance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and our system prevents us from recording Sensitive Authentication Data (SAD) or where this is not possible, is immediately deleted after card authorisation.