Gas stations are required to step up security at the pump to protect your credit and debit card information.
Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation into law on Tuesday.
It requires fuel pumps with payment card technology to include security measures that restrict the unauthorized access of customer payment card information.
Security measures would be required to include one or more of the following: security tape placed over the panel opening leading to the scanning device to restrict unauthorized opening of the panel; a device or system to make the pump or scanning device inoperable if the panel is opened without proper authorization; a means for encrypting the payment card information in the scanning device; a device to replace a manufacturer-supplied standard lock or any other measure approved by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
