[privacy] IKEA prints SSN and entire credit card number to receipts

[Shyaam]

Its good that everyone around the world is bringing such privacy concerns to
the foreground :-)

Shyaam

On Nov 27, 2007 12:20 PM, Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio at netti.fi>
wrote:

> The exact name of the card is IKEA Handla and these cards are green.
>
> According to spokesperson Eva Stål they have printed a customer number
> (not SSN) and an entire credit card number to receipts.
>
> - Juha-Matti
>
> Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio at netti.fi> kirjoitti:
> > The furniture retailer IKEA prints the entire credit card number and
> social security number of its IKEA Card customers to cash receipts.
> >
> > Linko to Dagens Nyheter article (unfortunately only in Swedish):
> >
> > Ikea Handlas kvittouppgifter kan hjälpa bedragare
> > http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=717867
> >
> > It appears that the card number has 16 digits:
> >
> > http://www.ikeacards.com/
>
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