On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 08:53:17AM +1000, Roger Clarke wrote: > >is there any ACCC or Banking Industry or other regulations I > >can refer to when I call/write to the bank to save myself a lot > >of argument with low-level employees who aren't allowed to make > >decisions.
I got a written response from Bendigo Bank today. To summarise "our magic security is really really secure. really truly. and it's so much easier to buy stuff without a mean old PIN. and if you don't want to use the paypass 'feature', you don't have to" in other words: quit whining, you're RFID-tagged whether you like it or not. just ignore it and pretend it could never be a problem. > It's been suggested to me that the best option is to get ASIC to force > optionality through the ePayments Code. > > The Banking Industry Ombudsman is generally pretty useless on anything > of consequence, but it's possible that they may accept this as a > dispute that they can mediate on. complaint lodged with FOS a few hours ago. i mentioned your point about abuse of market power by Visa & MC. craig -- craig sanders <[email protected]> BOFH excuse #133: It's not plugged in. _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
