The SDP Program is designed to help our members, their merchants and Service Providers protect MasterCard payment data and ensure the integrity of the MasterCard payment infrastructure. In addition to these critical benefits, the SDP Program may also reinforce cardholder confidence and reduce the potential threats to the overall payment structure.

If a merchant does not meet the applicable compliance requirements of the SDP Program, then MasterCard may levy a non-compliance assessment on the responsible MasterCard member.

The SDP Program is intended to help protect MasterCard, and its members and their customers, against risk arising from the wrongful disclosure of account and transaction data.