Credit Cards

[Roger Burton West]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 01:27:54PM +0100, Robert Shiels wrote:

>I dislike giving online retailers any more information than I have to - 
>do they really need this? Will other companies be following suit and so 
>refusing is just me playing Canute? Will the CC company verify these 
>details (not sure if I've even given them my phone number.) - I'm of the 
>opinion that play.com are just data mining.

I have never given a valid telephone number to my CC company or to any
on-line retailer. I see no reason to change now.

While it's no good if they're actually planning to telephone it, there's
always: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/ioi/numbers/num_drama?a=87101

R