The Legal Implications, Risks and Problems of the PCI Data Security Standard

The legal implications of PCI compliance are overwhelming, but as E-commerce merchants we’d better be aware of them. Our very existence can depend on it. The problem is that most of us can’t make a lot of sense out of it all. It’s an extremely complex series of contractual obligations, technicalities and legal-speak.

I don’t usually send readers away from my blog, but in this case, someone else can explain it much better than I can. In this case, that someone is David Navetta , Esq. Mr. Navetta is President and Managing Member of InfoSecCompliance LLC, and maintains a blog called InfoSecCompliance. He’s written a somewhat lengthy, but very informative piece on PCI and the serious legal challenges and risks for retailers.

Along with PCI compliance comes the separate security requirements of each of the card brands to further complicate the issue. But I’ll let him tell you about it…

InfoSecCompliance Blog: The Legal Implications, Risks and Problems of the PCI Data Security Standard

You can download the information on a PDF also!

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