PCIDSS, What is it?
As of October 2009 every online merchant will be required to be PCIDSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) compliant. How does this affect you?
The idea behind PCIDSS is to further protect users paying for items online. Therefore, if your website is taking online payments then you are directly affected but is it something to worry about?
With MRS we recommend that all our customers use a payment gateway for taking only payments, such as Sagepay. In most cases this will make the whole process of compliance very easy indeed depending on the route that you are taking.
Indirect Route
The indirect route is where all the credit card information is being inputted on the actual Payment Gateways website and not on your own. Customers using this method will need to complete a yearly questionnaire confirming that they are compliant.
Direct Route
This applies to customers whom are taking the credit card information on their own website and then passing it over for processing. If using this method the process can become expensive (going in to £000’s) and also complicated which is why we would only offer this if it was truly required.
We always endevour to make sure our customers are in the know and ensure that their customers details are safe and secure. if you require any further information please contact us.