[Novalug] Anyone know about Credit Card PCI Standards Compliance?

[greg pryzby]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Stephan Greene <ks1g04 at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of my wife's clients has decided (or has been told) that they need to
> be in compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security
> standard.  And that my wife may need to do the same.  She's looking into
> some low-volume approaches that won't require storing data electronically,
> setting up encrypted file stores, getting a quarterly PCI audit, etc.
>
>
PITA

I would use a clearing house. I use google checkout, give them the 2-3% to
process and let them be compliant. I never see a CC or anything. I send an
invoice, click a button when they pay and the money is deposited in my
account.



> While she's asking me questions about this as the resident IT and business
> expert, I don't do anything with credit card processing and this is all new
> to me.  Anyone here work with these systems?
>
> References for the curious:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Card_Industry_Data_Security_Standard
> https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/index.shtml
> http://www.pcicomplianceguide.org/
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Steve
>
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