Cannot settle it yourself on the spot? Must contact the police for everything?How do we enforce it? If merchant already did it, can we report to police?
Cannot settle it yourself on the spot? Must contact the police for everything?
Meanwhile can also ring up your bank, your credit card company, CASE, FIDReC, MAS, SPH while livestreaming your personal confrontation on social media and networking websites with seconds by seconds commentary.
Feel free to do so. You will be surprised how many things the police will not attend to but refer you to some other authority.And why does this not deserve to be reported since a breach of data privacy law has occured?
With the widespread implementation of chipped credit cards and the respective readers I wonder why any cashier will swipe the card?The only preventative measure is to warn the cashier not to double swipe. Whether he/she understands or listens, it's another story.
Best to pay in cash
With the widespread implementation of chipped credit cards and the respective readers I wonder why any cashier will swipe the card?
Since all my magnetic stripes are disabled it would be pointless to swipe the card for payment purposes - which I would notice. So far no encounter. I guess I simply don't use cards that much. On those occasions where I do, they shove it into the chip card reader immediately.They swipe the card on their own sales terminal before putting it into the credit card terminal. This captures you name, card details, the time and items you bought so that they can "better serve you in the future".
Since all my magnetic stripes are disabled it would be pointless to swipe the card for payment purposes - which I would notice.
The Association of Banks (ABS) has said that all 10 card-issuing banks in Singapore will deactivate the magnetic strips on credit and debit cards by 1 October.
All new cards will have their magnetic strips inactive by default.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/credit-ca...ated-for-overseas-use-by-1-oct-003052771.html
From 1 October 2013, the magnetic stripe on all credit and debit cards will be deactivated for overseas transactions.
http://www.ocbc.com.sg/personal-banking/Cards/card-services.html
In line with the industrys measures to enhance cards security, the magnetic stripe on all DBS/POSB Credit, Debit and ATM Cards will be disabled for overseas use.
http://www.dbs.com.sg/personal/mobile/sms/magstripe/faq.pdf
In line with the industry's measures to enhance credit cards security, the magnetic stripe on your ANZ Credit Card(s) will be deactivated for overseas use with effect from 7 September 2013.
http://www.anz.com/singapore/en/personal/ways-bank/banking-security/credit-card-security/