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IMPORTANT HOTEL ROOM CARD KEY
INFORMATION
Southern California law enforcement professionals assigned to
detect new
threats to personal security issues, recently discovered what type
of
information is embedded in the credit card type hotel room keys
used
through-out the industry.
Although room keys differ from hotel to hotel, a key obtained from
the
"Double Tree" chain that was being used for a regional Identity
Theft
Presentation was found to contain the following the information:
-
Customers (your) name
-
Customers (your) partial home address
-
Hotel room number
-
Check in date and check out date
-
Customers (your) credit card number and expiration date!
When you turn them in to the front desk your personal information
is
there for any employee to access by simply scanning the card in
the hotel scanner.
An employee can take a hand full of cards home and using a
scanning
device, access the information onto a laptop computer and go
shopping at
your expense.
Simply put, hotels do not erase these cards until an employee
issues the
card to the next hotel guest. It is usually kept in a drawer at
the
front desk with YOUR INFORMATION ON IT!!!!
The bottom line is, keep the cards or destroy them! NEVER leave
them
behind and NEVER turn them in to the front desk when you check out
of a
room. They will not charge you for the card.
(Information courtesy of: Sergeant K. Jorge, Detective Sergeant,
Pasadena Police Department)
Privacy Act - 1974 as amended applies –
CAUTION: For your protection, avoid sending identifying
information,
such as account, Social Security, or card numbers to others.
Further, do
not send time-sensitive, action-oriented messages, such as
transaction
orders, fund transfer instructions, etc, as such items sent
electronically may not be able to be responded to due to leave,
TDY,
etc. Electronic mail sent through the internet is not secure and
could
be intercepted by a third party.
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