Are these applications PA-DSS certified? Do they have swipe devices with crypto hardware built-in? Is the card’s Personal Account Number (PAN) encrypted at the moment it is swiped by the device? Is that storage encrypted or unencrypted? Does the processor support a tokenization scheme to keep the iPad out of PCI scope? To use an iPad as a POS device, the only application allowed is the payment app. Taking credit cards for use by your business is not a right. It is an obligation to your customers to protect their data.”]