Credit Card numbers (was Re: KATE - The Short List)

[hart@corona.math.vt.edu (Heath David)]

In article <m0otLv8-000il3C@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu> chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (chris williams) writes:
>Someone from IGG says:
>>Once your Charge Card is on record with us, You can order across
>>the net!
>
>   Um, it's illegal to keep credit card numbers on file. Very illegal.
>
"Very" illegal?  Try telling that to Blockbusters, That's Rentertainment,
and the hordes of other businesses which keep a credit card number on
file as a condition of doing business with them.  

Actually, businesses are *required* to keep a copy of credit card
transactions, and naturally the credit card number is a part of that
transaction.  You may be confused with the laws in some states that 
prevent merchants from writing credit card numbers on checks that 
they receive.

I'd be far more concerned about the increased use of the Internet for
commercial postings than whether IGG keeps a file of credit card 
numbers.

Heath