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PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is part of the response of the payment card industry to concerns about online credit card fraud. Defined by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, the standard was created to increase controls around cardholder data to reduce credit card fraud via its exposure. Validation of compliance is [...]

What is Responsive Design? These days, an increasing number if different devices are being used to access websites – smartphones, tablets, and netbooks as well as traditional PCs and laptops. This means that web sites need to be useable on a variety of screen sizes. Responsive design is the answer to this problem – the [...]

For most online retailers, the first basic requirement of any online shop is to be able to accept credit/debit card payments. Internet Merchant Accounts Except in the simplest of circumstances, you will need to have an Internet Merchant Account (IMA) with one of the main acquiring banks (such as Barclaycard Merchant Services, Bank of Scotland, [...]

Selling goods over the internet, like any other form of selling, is covered by legislation regarding Sale of Goods and Misleading Advertising. In addition, Internet sales in the UK are covered by the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000. These regulations also apply to other forms of distance selling such as digital TV, mail order [...]