M.LaHart & Co.'s state-of-the-art order system is PCI-compliant. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an information security standard for organizations that handle cardholder information for the major debit, credit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM, and POS cards. Defined by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, the standard was created to increase controls around cardholder data to reduce credit card fraud via its exposure. M.LaHart & Co. employs Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption, ensuring that every step in the online ordering process is secure.