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The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council recently posted Version 1.2 of the PCI Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) that apply to many merchants and vendors that accept credit cards and other types of payment cards. A few of the changes will likely have a significant impact on many companies still struggling to comply with Version 1.1. The changes include, among others, heightened requirements for wireless networks and expanded requirements to implement anti-virus software beyond Windows-based platforms, including UNIX. Other changes are simply clarifications or in a few instances relaxation of requirements. Click read more for a more detailed analysis.

Priceline, Travelocity and Cingular Wireless each contracted with DirectRevenue LLC to deliver ads to consumers. To service its clients (including Priceline, Travelocity and Cingular Wireless), DR installed adware on millions of computers. The adware, which was undisclosed to users and difficult to remove, monitored the websites visited by the users and collected the information they typed into web forms. The NY AG filed a law suit alleging that DirectRevenue had violated New York consumer protection law, then pursued DirectRevenue's three major advertiser clients.