berniceweir's journal

I concur as a online consumer of products and service almost exclusively (aside form groceries) I am frequently calling my CC company to cancel my number and reissue a new one. I don't even bother anymore hoping my cc number remains safe. I just call the cc company and get the process moving the day I hear about it. It has definitely become the price I pay to be an online shopper though. Like you said storing information on someone else's server is where the real issue lies. The moment you do that there is no guarantees it's secure forever. To not store information is only an inconvenience next time you are billed. The thing that bothers me is that most companies do not permit you to strip out all your crucial personal information if you want to do reoccurring business with them... especially most online services. There needs to be a unified practice in place that forces online retailers/services to permit you to strip all your personal information from your account. When occurring billing happens I can manually fill in the data and not have it store on their system. I have seen some companies (that do reoccurring billing) permit you to strip your cc from your account, but never your personal address/name.