I use a processor that demands PCI compliance. They asked me 50
questions once a year and their software checks my computer for
compliance.
This is my “in a nutshell” remembering of it
You’ve heard about people breaking into a banks computer and
stealing 1 million credit card numbers.
Compliance asks the question(s) “what are you doing to safe keep
your customer info”? And some has to do with storage.
So one is that you don’t keep on file the 4 digit security code in
the same place as the numbers.
Another is in your software (I use QuickBooks) that you change the
password every 90 days (I do).
Where receipts are stored.
Things like that.
Take the assumption YOU ARE compliant.
David Geller
www.jewelerProfit.com