The thought of losing or compromising a shopper’s personal information is the #1 concern of online retailers. It makes shoppers reluctant to buy. It’s also a top issue of the credit card companies that lose more than $1 billion a year to credit card fraud. So the Payment Card Industry (PCI) has created stringent data security standards (DSS) to curb their losses.
Any merchant or service provider that stores, processes, transmits or simply handles customer credit card data must comply with the PCI DSS controls and processes. If you don’t, you risk costly fines, restrictions, or worse should a breach occur.
It should be noted that Pinnacle Cart is just one of the links in the PCI compliance chain. And while our application and hosting environment is compliant, should you decide to purchase our licensed product, be selective in choosing a hosting provider for your store to insure they are also following the PCI compliance standards.
We have partnered with ControlScan to help our customers achieve compliance in 3 easy steps. It’s important to note that while we recommend Control Scan, you can use any vendor you like to assist with compliance. For a list of all PCI vendors please go to https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org.
