The PCI Security Standards council (SSC) defines ‘cardholder data’ as the full Primary Account Number (PAN) or the full PAN along with any of the following elements;

  • Cardholder name
  • Expiration date
  • Service code
  • Sensitive Authentication Data which includes full magnetic stripe data, CAV2, CVC2, CVV2, CID, PINs, PIN blocks and more.