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In article <3410612B.F7F@ix.netcom.com> of Fri, 05 Sep 1997 12:44:43 -
0700, cimple3@ix.netcom.com says...
> Maria Rost Rublee wrote:
<snip>
> > >
> > >I wrote Crestar today at their Web site and here's the reply I received:
> > >
<snip>
> > >Prior to obtaining the usual required
> > >identification, the Branch Associate will ask these customers to place
> > >their thumbprint on the face of the check.
> > >
> > >The thumbprint will only be used if the check proves to be fraudulent
> > >and
> > >will not be stored on a database.

<snip>

Horsefeathers. Ask the bank if they will photograph the face of the 
check in the normal clearing process.(The answer is yes.) Ask the bank 
how long they maintain the spool of check clearings. Ask the bank who 
may access that spool, and get a reproduction of the check without a 
warrant... Now ask the bank where that actual check goes after it 
clears. (To the payor, of course, who now has your thumbprint matched 
to two ID's.)

A suggestion: Tell the teller that financial ripoffs are rampant, and 
ask for the teller's thumbprint on a piece of paper you provide, and 
see if privacy concerns arise ;-)


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