Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!udel!sbcs!csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu!pmartino From: pmartino@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Steve Wechsler) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Credit card, checks, and your personal information Message-ID: <1990Dec10.152341.27911@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Date: 10 Dec 90 15:23:41 GMT References: <2292.275cf398@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> Sender: usenet@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Usenet poster) Distribution: na Organization: The Fluff Collection, New York, NY Lines: 20 In article <2292.275cf398@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> browns@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Stan Brown) writes: >Why _must_ the merchant honor your credit card without getting your >address, phone number, or mother's sorority sister's stuffed dog's pet >name? [ stuff deleted ] >So "just say no" when you're paying with a credit card and the merchant >asks for any personal information. If they claim MC or Visa wants it, >ask to see where it's written in the book they get from the card >company. And report any hassles to Visa or MasterCard. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't a law just passed that said that you were not required to give your phone number to a merchant when making a credit card purchase? I know I've cited it when people at stores ask me to put my phone number on the receipt. -- "Watch?? I'm gonna pray, man! Know any good religions?" -- Zaphod Beeblebrox - Steve Wechsler