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

Juha-Matti Laurio juha-matti.laurio at netti.fi
Tue Nov 27 15:52:44 CST 2007


Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu kirjoitti: 
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:07:38 +0200, Juha-Matti Laurio said:
> > I can only say what is the policy in Nordic countries. We will receive a cash
> > receipt which includes the ID of cashier, cash machine and the last five numbers
> > of the credit card.
> 
> Oh. OK.  I think I understand now - this side of the puddle, that piece of
> paper is usually called a "register receipt", and if a credit card is involved,
> we'll usually see "last 4 digits" (I think that's now required by VISA and/or MC,
> if I remember correctly).

In Finland the last five digits will be always printed to the receipt, when using a credit card and a debit card.

OT: First sec, then fun:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cash-Register-Receipt-Wallet/
:)

- Juha-Matti

> 
> Which is something totally different from "receipt for a cash-based transaction",
> where of course no credit card number has any reason to be involved...



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