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Wed 11 Nov 2008Payment-security insufficient on many websites - survey
Consumers have been warned about identity theft and fraud today in the run-up to Christmas after a study found that online payment security is not fully enforced on 65 per cent of Irish websites.
According to a study done by Deloitte Enterprise Risk Services, which analysed over 100 Irish based e-commerce websites, "a significant proportion of websites" are not compliant with the payment card industry security standards.
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