The National Retail Federation (NRF) is trying to water down the PCI data security standards (PCI DSS) compliance requirements on behalf of their constituents. The NRF has repeatedly attempted to stir up adverse public discourse against all things PCI, often with an underlying current of litigious posturing. In our article we opined that the kvetching by the NRF, now in its seventh year, is excessive, unwarranted, and fails to recognize the many benefits arising from the PCI DSS.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3109687/pci-dss-it-takes-a-village.html