Retailers look to exorcise credit-card data

Retailers look to exorcise credit-card data
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2007-10-09

Beset by the public-relations nightmare of numerous data breaches, U.S. retailers proposed last week that they not be required to store credit-card data following a transaction.

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Retailers look to exorcise credit-card data 2007-10-10
David Bennett

Although I agree with storing data in a few secure locations as opposed to distributed, the bottom line is retailers need to protect customer data regardless if it contains credit card information or not. The definition of PII goes beyond credit card information. Retailers still need to implement best practices on the storage of data - and, obviosuly, they are not.

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Benjamin Wright, hack-igations.com

Solid and practical 2007-10-16
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