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security requirements - online shopping
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:19 am
by sh33p1985
im familar with the data protection act and all its laws having studied it in a module at university recently. however im embarking on my first *business* website with online shopping and will need to store customer information about completed orders in a databse. im writing the website in php and mysql and was wondering if there are any online guides to help me. im looking for security measurements that have to be in place to ensure the data is safe and the owner of the website is not liable for any legal action due to the manner in which the information is kept.
Thanks
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:36 am
by kaszu
Check
http://phpsec.org/, not about online shops, but can help
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:43 am
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
Visit your national governments website and figure out where they keep online copies of the relevant legislation. Since you used the term University I'll assume you're probably in the UK.
First pitstop should therefore be the Information Commissioner's Office:
http://www.ico.gov.uk/
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:28 pm
by timvw
Doesn't have your university a legal department that can help you with that? In my experience it can be helpfull to contact the security coordinator which will get you in touch with the right people...