Are you PCI compliant?
Businesses or organizations that accept credit or debit cards are required to be compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) by July 2010.
What are these standards?
Under the PCI DSS set of requirements, all organizations that accept, store, or transmit credit card information must maintain a secure environment to protect consumers and their cardholder data from fraud or theft. The PCI DSS outlines best security practices to protect businesses against credit card breaches. Any organization, regardless of size, that accepts credit or debit cards as a form of payment in person, by phone, or online must be PCI compliant.
How does this impact my organization?
Organizations that are not compliant are at a greater risk of security breaches, may incur fines from the card associations (Visa and MasterCard), and may lose the ability to process card payments. Don't let that happen to you!
Where can you go for help?
There is a website that has been established by the PCI Security Standards Council to help your organization comply with PCI DDD. Below is the link:
https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/index.shtml
Please call us if we can help you in any way.
David E. Simmons
Attorney At Law
300 Spring Street
Suite 220
Little Rock, AR 72201
Voice 501-374-5417
Fax 501-374-8837
Web site: www.davidesimmonslaw.com
