Another flurry of IT security rules to protect consumers’ credit card data went into effect this month—not that they will be much help to bewildered and frustrated retailers across the country.
As of July 1, PCI Industry Data Standard 6.6 gave merchants a framework to ensure that point-of-sale information uploaded into Web-based applications is protected “from top to bottom,” according to a statement from the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. At the same time, the council expanded the list of devices expected to meet its standards to encompass “unattended payment terminals” such as self-serve gas pumps, and certain new types of automated teller machines.
