>In Australia, a card is issued with the sim card. It has a unique pin number >which is randomly generated (i believe upto 6 digits long). Without this >number, the account will not be discussed. > >Perhaps we should do something along those lines? This model seems appropriate and with the forthcoming 'Chip and Pin' for our credit/debit cards coming, pin numbers seems to be a way forward for security provision. Certainly with my provider I merely only needed the usual d.o.b and address to create my account access. This may have changed in recent times though. The most interesting part of this particular case is that Dame Stella Rimmington former MI5 head, is a director at Marks and Spencer, I wonder what she thinks about all this. Regards Mark This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the IS Help Desk - [log in to unmask] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^