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- From: hhll@stein.u.washington.edu (Steven Hodas)
- Subject: Re: MacCenter vs MacConnection
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.085057.22116@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: University of Washington
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 08:50:57 GMT
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- drd@siia.mv.com (David Dick) writes:
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- >In <1992Dec15.054532.26952@u.washington.edu> hhll@stein.u.washington.edu (Steven Hodas) writes:
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- >>Not only that, but MacCenter will not accept a credit card order unless
- >>you provide your social security number, which is directly contrary to the
- >>policies of both the MasterCard consortium and Citibank (my card issuer).
-
- >Not to mention illegal. The social security number is not to be
- >used for any purpose other than Social Security Administration and
- >Internal Revenue Service matters.
-
- This isn't quite true. Only governmental agencies are forbidden from using
- it. Merchants are not barred by law from asking for whatever ID they feel
- like for non-cash transactions. It's scummy, and counter to bank card
- policy, but not illegal.
-
- >David Dick
- >Software Innovations
- >[the Software Moving Company; converting software to UNIX for over a decade]
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- Steven Hodas
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