A colleague has just asked me about a situation she'd recently encountered when staying at a hotel (a member of a large chain). Her name and credit card details (including the 3-digit number on the back) were written down on an index card, and then stored in an easily-accessible box on the counter. The hotel felt there was no problem; her bank felt there was no problem... but what does the list think? And what, if anything could she do about it? - duncan ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^