In message <002b01c6f3a4$c6b33fe0$71e59a51@Nick>, at 18:34:05 on Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Nick Landau <[log in to unmask]> writes >I recall about 15 years ago or more there had been something in the >paper about the carbons used with the old manual machines and how they >could possibly be used to collect information about cards. That "information" was the bare essentials embossed on the front: Number, name, expiry date etc -- Roland Perry ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 Any queries about sending or receiving message please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^