(USA TODAY) No summer snapshots today. The CVSPhotos.com website was shut down Friday due to a possible breach of its security.
When visitors attempted to reach the site they instead got a notice telling them of the possible hack.
CVS said it had been informed that customer credit card information collected by the independent vendor that manages and hosts CVSphoto.com may have been compromised.
"As a precaution, as our investigation is underway we are temporarily shutting down access to online and related mobile photo services. We apologize for the inconvenience," Mike DeAngelis, CVS' director of public relations said via email.
PNI Digital Media, a Canadian company, is the vendor that runs the CVSPhotos.com site, said DeAngelis.
PNI was purchased by Staples, Inc. in 2014. A call to Staples was not returned.
Multiple retailers use PNI Digital Media Platform to offer online photo services, according to PNI's website.
When it acquired the company, Staples said that "more than 30,000 retail locations are connected to the PNI Digital Media Platform."
PNI is investigating the possible data security issue, spokesman Kirk Saville said in an email.
"If an issue is discovered, it is important to note that consumers are not responsible for any fraudulent activity on their credit cards that is reported on a timely basis," he said.
The same company ran Walmart Canada's online photo center, which Walmart last week said had possibly been compromised. Walmart Canada has disabled the photo site.
Financial transactions on CVS.com and in CVS stores were not affected. The photo processing and digital photo business "are completely separate from CVS.com and our pharmacies," customers were told.
"Nothing is more central to us than protecting the privacy and security of our customer information, including financial information. We are working closely with the vendor and our financial partners and will share updates as we know more," the note on the site read.
