// TRUST & SECURITY

Privacy by Design,
Not by Policy

SIGNAL Alliance was built from the ground up to never require personally identifiable information. Our one-way hashing architecture makes privacy protection a technical guarantee, not a promise.

// HOW WE PROTECT PRIVACY

Anonymization at the Source

How We Protect Privacy

Our anonymization model is based on a simple principle — if we never have the data, we can never leak it. Before any transaction data leaves a transmitter's environment, it is irreversibly hashed using SHA-256.

The original card number, customer name, or any PII cannot be reconstructed from the hash. This is a mathematical guarantee, not a policy commitment.

  • SHA-256 one-way hash applied at source
  • No PII ever enters the SIGNAL network
  • Transmitters control their own salting configuration
  • Hashes cannot be cross-referenced with other datasets
// At transmitter (your environment) card_pan = "4111111111111111" // never transmitted salt = merchant_specific_secret // only you know this signal_token = SHA256(card_pan + salt) // → "a7f3d9c2e1b4..." (irreversible) // Only signal_token is transmitted // SIGNAL Alliance never sees card_pan or salt
// COMPLIANCE

Regulatory Compliance

GDPR Compliant

European Data Protection

No personal data processed — hashed tokens are not personal data under GDPR Article 4. SIGNAL Alliance does not require a data processing agreement for token transmission.

CCPA Compliant

California Consumer Privacy

Hashed tokens do not constitute "personal information" under the CCPA. Reviewed by privacy counsel across all 50 US states. No consumer disclosure requirements triggered.

PCI DSS Aligned

Payment Card Industry

No card data transmitted — transmitters maintain their own PCI scope. SIGNAL Alliance participation does not expand your PCI environment. Verify with your QSA.

0
PII Records Stored
SHA-256
Hashing Standard
GDPR & CCPA
Compliant
Annual
Third-Party Audit
// GET STARTED

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