PCI Compliant Web Hosting – What is it?
Who?
Who has to be PCI Compliant? Everyone who has any contact with credit card information, including websites which automatically transmit credit card data to an authorized gateway must be audited on a yearly basis and must submit PCI compliant quarterly reports.
What?
What is PCI compliance? It the adherence to the set of rules set forth by Visa, Master Card, American Express and others in the credit card industry. Their basic goal is for everyone who is accepting credit cards to follow the same set of standards to be sure that credit card information submitted by your client cannot get compromised in the process of handling their transaction with you.
When?
When do I need to be PCI Compliant? If you are not PCI compliant by October 1st 2008 you can expect fines and possible suspension of merchant services until compliance is reached.
Where?
Where can I find a PCI Compliant web host? Right here! Our unique all-in-one approach addresses all aspects of eCommerce including PCI Compliance.
How?
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October 8th, 2008 at 12:49 am
This is one of the most upcoming concerns in the hosting industry. Not so much a SEO concern, but this was the hottest topic at HostingCon 2008 in Chicago. Even the best consultants had little answers to this ever growing issue of credit card compliance.