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lftl on Nov 29, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Security researcher responds to CarrierIQ with vid...

PCI compliance isn't a law, but rather a contractual agreement as part of your merchant account, and/or transaction gateway. If CIQ isn't taking credit card payments, it has nothing to do with them.

kevin_jacobs on Nov 29, 2011 | [–]

Thanks, it seemed like a stretch anyway.

bdonlan on Nov 30, 2011 | [–]

But if your carrier offers an android app to do payments by credit card...

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