On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:49:18 -0700 Siri Amrit Kaur wrote: > what was even more unsettling to me was that whomever > did it had my 3-digit validation number. What good are those numbers > if vendors retain them in their records and then allow their data to > be compromised? This is where the Tucson company is in BIG trouble with Visa & MasterCard. The contract that all merchants sign PROHIBIT the storing of the CVV2 (security) number. In addition they had no business storing credit card info in an unencrypted file on a Windows box (presumably) connected to the Internet. I hope they are hung by the yardarm as an example! Dennisk --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss