> If your sole reason for doing so was "I absolutely trust the people on the other end of this socket not to do what 99% of all people handling credit card data do whether they pretend otherwise or not", instead of something like "hmm that reminds me, I haven't scanned last month's statement yet", then the problem lies squarely with you, the uninformed consumer.

If your expectation when taking credit card numbers was "I'm confident in my abilities to keep this information safe, and if I get hacked I expect my customers not to move to another service and never, ever touch mine with a ten foot pole", then the problem lies squarely with you, the uninformed business.