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In article <126cl99sc8rsl62@corp.supernews.com>,
Gordon Burditt <gordon@hammy.burditt.org> wrote:
>In article <ethc62h0qjf4aph9ch46bnu4f37kciiuso@4ax.com>,
>Bob Ward  <bobward@email.com> wrote:
>>On Sat, 13 May 2006 20:51:05 -0000, gordonb.n43x0@burditt.org (Gordon
>>Burditt) wrote:
  [ ... ]
>>>If they even once accept payment in the form of a check or credit
>>>card, they've got your name, account number, and maybe an address
>>>or phone number.  Now consider what happens when half of the
>>>stores in a given city share this info with each other.

>>What?  They find out that you've been buying aluminum foil from all of
>>them?

>They have enough info to steal your identity and charge up a storm on
>your credit cards, even if you never used your credit cards in any
>of those stores.  And don't say identity theft is a "mindless paranoid
>conspiracy".  It's real.  

Bear in mind also that these databases can be targeted by subpoenas. Do
you want a detailed accounting of your spending habits available to any
lawyer or government agency at their whim? How valuable would that be in
a divorce case? IRS audit? Child custody fight?


Gary

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