PCI Compliance, what do I need to do as an ecommerce site?
July 16th, 2009
PCI Compliance is the Credit Card industries standards for merchants (e-commerce sites, web services..) taking credit card details on their site/application.
There are a number of different levels of compliance which are required for different levels of merchant. We have put together a flowchart to help you figure out what you need to do.
The diagram below has been adapted from: http://www.corporate.visa.com/md/nr/press873.jsp Every City Ltd take no responsibilty for its accuracy and always recommend that you consult a Qualified Security Assessor.

All the information on self assessment can be found here: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/saq/index.shtml
Other useful articles:
- Taking Credit Card Payments Online
- Taking credit cards for recuring & subscription billing or varyied recuring billing amounts
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