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

[Gadi Evron]

Usually this is done by the card handler they use, many do that.


On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Juha-Matti Laurio wrote:

> 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):
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> 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/
>
> - Juha-Matti
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