Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!apple!portal!sv!daven From: daven@svc.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Credit card, checks, and your personal information Message-ID: <1990Dec10.233156.22946@svc.portal.com> Date: 10 Dec 90 23:31:56 GMT References: <2292.275cf398@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> <1990Dec10.152341.27911@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Software Ventures Lines: 31 In article <1990Dec10.152341.27911@sbcs.sunysb.edu> pmartino@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Steve Wechsler) writes: >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. In a related issue... Many of the credit card companys are now asking merchants not to place credit card numbers on personal checks. In Washington state it is now illegal to place credit card information on checks. The merchants are allowed to ask to see your credit cards, they just can't record the numbers if you're not making a credit card purchase. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Newman | daven@svc.portal.com | AppleLink: D0025 Sofware Ventures Corp. | AOL: MicroPhone | CIS: 76004,2161 Berkeley, CA 94705 | WELL: tinman@well.sf.ca.us | (415) 644-3232