PCI Watch is a service for tracking changes to payment card industry resources, including FAQs, guidance documents, and standards updates.

What We Track

• PCI SSC FAQs - Additions, updates, and removals to the PCI SSC FAQ database
• PCI SSC Documents - Additions, updates, and removals to the PCI SSC Document Library

Why PCI Watch?

The PCI SSC regularly updates its guidance, documents, and FAQs, but there's no official changelog or notification system for these updates, other than manually checking its website. PCI Watch fills this gap by:

• Archiving historical versions of public PCI SSC resources
• Highlighting what's changed between versions
• Making it easy to track updates over time

Fair Use

PCI Watch operates under the fair use provisions of U.S. copyright law (17 U.S.C. § 107). The archiving and comparison of publicly available FAQ content serves a transformative purpose: enabling commentary, criticism, and research into how payment card industry guidance evolves over time. This non-commercial service provides significant public benefit by increasing transparency and accountability in an industry that affects millions of merchants and consumers.

Disclaimer

PCI Watch is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the PCI Security Standards Council. For official PCI SSC resources, please visit pcisecuritystandards.org.