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Quote:When making purchases from Web sites such as Amazon.com – sites that once kept your credit card data on file – you may have noticed that you must now re-enter your credit card data for each purchase. Over the past two years, large online retailers have been forced to change their security procedures in order to meet new standards and tighten online security.

Now these high standards are being applied to small online merchants, and this will require immediate changes in your online store's security procedures. In this column we examine the background of the problem and how it applies to small online businesses. Specifically, we'll outline what the small merchant must do to improve Web site security and become compliant with the new high security standards in order to continue processing credit cards online...