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If you are running a business which accepts payment cards the credit card industry requires that you store and process your customer's payment information in such a way that is PCI Compliant.

More about PCI compliance can be found here on the PCI Security Standards Council website:

...We serve those who work with and are associated with payment cards. This includes: merchants of all sizes, financial institutions, point-of-sale vendors, and hardware and software developers who create and operate the global infrastructure for processing payments...

The Council was founded in 2006 by American Express, Discover, JCB International, MasterCard and Visa Inc. They share equally in governance and execution of the Council's work...

PCI Security

You also need to have your web hosting compliant if any information is stored online.

Those who have gone through the process of becoming PCI compliant are welcome to give input/comments about the whole process.

As more businesses are using remote workers to run their business there are security considerations regarding PCI compliance:

Although enabling a remote workforce is many IT admins’ top priority today, compliance remains one of the most important hurdles an organization faces. Specifically, with the rise of ecommerce following the phasing out of most brick and mortar retail stores, many organizations need to ensure they’re PCI DSS compliant. Armed with a cloud directory service, staying PCI compliant with remote workers for Sections 7, 8, and 10 is surprisingly straightforward...

Continued: Staying PCI Compliant with Remote Workers