Take the tour ×  Question: Is there a way to store credit card
information on a shared hosting server AND be PCI compliant?
Here is the setup:  1) SSL is being implemented for the whole
checkout process and for the client's site's admin section.  2)
The credit card information is being stored on the server (a
shared hosting plan) in a MYSQL database. It is encrypted.  3)
The client accesses a password protected admin panel and prints
the credit card from her website.  4) The client then manually
runs the credit card info through a terminal and deletes this
credit card info from the server.  share|improve this question
In general, the way to check for PCI compliance is to use a PCI
QSA to check, so normally this sort of question would be a bit
offtopic, however in this instance I think there are some good
core points in the answers which are valid in any case. –  Rory
Alsop Aug 21 '11 at 8:45 @Rory, dont forget that the lower
levels do not necessarily require a QSA to be involved (self
questionaire). Besides,