On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 10:49, Myers, Marvin wrote: > Maybe it is only me, but does anyone else notice a big jump in the > number of merchants that are printing the entire credit card number > and expiration date on receipts? > > Over the past 6 months I have had to educate about a dozen local > merchants about the possible abuse scenarios that exist with this type > of information leakage. If there > > Is not already some sort of law governing this policy, there should > be. >
I believe there's a patent on the idea of only listing four digits of a credit card. So yes, there's an actual financial incentive to do the wrong thing. A local grocery store was doing 8 digits for a while - before they went out of business. Another shows all of them - they seem to be doing well. Shredders are your friends. But don't let that stop you from complaining to the merchant in question. Don't behead the person behind the counter - but maybe ask them to relay a message to their manager. On a related note, how do you get web vendors not to store your credit card # on their hard disks longer than absolutely necessary? I trust (ssl data entry * number of orders) a lot more than a merchant's ability to stay up to date on patches until my card expires. -- Dan Stromberg DCS/NACS/UCI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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