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I stayed at a major hotel in Las Vegas recently. At check-in they wanted a credit card and picture ID. I gave them a credit card and my driver's license as an ID. Before I knew it she entered my driver's license number into the hotel computer. This has never happened to me before. When I objected she said "everybody does it now" but that is certainly not my experience. This really seems like an invasion of privacy in the time of identity theft. I can only imagine how many employees have access to that computer. Even when I travel abroad hotel clerks usually don't take down my passport number. As an American traveling in America this seems outrageous. Has anyone else had a similar experience? |
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Patrick Hernan wrote:
I stayed at a major hotel in Las Vegas recently. At check-in they wanted a credit card and picture ID. I gave them a credit card and my driver's license as an ID. Before I knew it she entered my driver's license number into the hotel computer. This has never happened to me before. When I objected she said "everybody does it now" but that is certainly not my experience. This really seems like an invasion of privacy in the time of identity theft. I can only imagine how many employees have access to that computer. Even when I travel abroad hotel clerks usually don't take down my passport number. As an American traveling in America this seems outrageous. Has anyone else had a similar experience? I've stayed in probably 12 different hotels in the last year, some as recently as two weeks ago, and not a single one of them asked for picture ID. I would have refused to give it to them anyway. If they insisted, I would have held onto it while they looked at it, but never would have given it to them. Marsha/Ohio |
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"Marsha" wrote in message ... Patrick Hernan wrote: I stayed at a major hotel in Las Vegas recently. At check-in they wanted a credit card and picture ID. I gave them a credit card and my driver's license as an ID. Before I knew it she entered my driver's license number into the hotel computer. This has never happened to me before. When I objected she said "everybody does it now" but that is certainly not my experience. This really seems like an invasion of privacy in the time of identity theft. I can only imagine how many employees have access to that computer. Even when I travel abroad hotel clerks usually don't take down my passport number. As an American traveling in America this seems outrageous. Has anyone else had a similar experience? I've stayed in probably 12 different hotels in the last year, some as recently as two weeks ago, and not a single one of them asked for picture ID. I would have refused to give it to them anyway. If they insisted, I would have held onto it while they looked at it, but never would have given it to them. Be thankful for the ones that ask for picture ID with a CC. It helps to weed out some of the stolen cards. As far as taking the numbers, I've never had that happen. |
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"Patrick Hernan" wrote in message ... I stayed at a major hotel in Las Vegas recently. At check-in they wanted a credit card and picture ID. I gave them a credit card and my driver's license as an ID. Before I knew it she entered my driver's license number into the hotel computer. This has never happened to me before. When I objected she said "everybody does it now" but that is certainly not my experience. This really seems like an invasion of privacy in the time of identity theft. I can only imagine how many employees have access to that computer. Even when I travel abroad hotel clerks usually don't take down my passport number. As an American traveling in America this seems outrageous. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Fairly standard in Las Vegas as the occupant of the room MUST be 21 or over and the way to identify this in the USA is by drivers licence. Foreign visitors must hand over their passport and have those details entered in the computers. If you refmember back to 9.11, Mohammed Atta and his fellow terrorists briefly stayed in Vegas a few months before the attack, unfortunately the motel's photocopies was 'not working' at the time and no details were recorded. If they had been, things might have been very different. It's not an invasion of privacy if it saves your life. The airlines also have your details. How many airline personnel around the world have access to those details? Probably many more than work at the hotel. I live in Vegas. This year I've travelled to California, Texas and Washington (state). All the hotels have either entered my details in their computer systems or photocopied my license. Southwest have my details, so do United, Alaska and probably a couple of others. I'd rather they know who I am and keep me, my relations and my possessions safe than argue about little details like that. -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging www.coribright.com/windows |
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:26:07 -0700, "Cari" wrote:
....The airlines also have your details. How many airline personnel around the world have access to those details? Probably many more than work at the hotel. I live in Vegas. This year I've travelled to California, Texas and Washington (state). All the hotels have either entered my details in their computer systems or photocopied my license. Southwest have my details, so do United, Alaska and probably a couple of others.... I've never had an airline copy information from my driver's license, or ask for it when selling me a ticket or issuing a boarding pass. And that includes United and Southwest among them. -- Larry |
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On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:50:58 -0400, pltrgyst wrote:
I've never had an airline copy information from my driver's license, or ask for it when selling me a ticket or issuing a boarding pass. And that includes United and Southwest among them. Checking ID before issueing a boarding pass is universal. That includes all the airlines. |
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:26:07 -0700, "Cari"
wrote: It's not an invasion of privacy if it saves your life. Of course it is. That doesn't mean you might not be happy about it post facto. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:14:43 -0700, MI wrote:
On 10/2/08 9:06 PM, in article , "AZ Nomad" wrote: On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:50:58 -0400, pltrgyst wrote: I've never had an airline copy information from my driver's license, or ask for it when selling me a ticket or issuing a boarding pass. And that includes United and Southwest among them. Checking ID before issueing a boarding pass is universal. That includes all the airlines. That is true, but they just look at it. They don't record it nor should they. A passport is used to identify someone. Not even immigration officers record it when you enter a country. They look at it and stamp it. Period. I never said they record it. I was taking exception to pltrgyst's statement that they don't even ask for it when selling a ticket or issueing a boarding pass. |
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On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:14:43 -0700, MI
wrote: On 10/2/08 9:06 PM, in article , "AZ Nomad" wrote: On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:50:58 -0400, pltrgyst wrote: I've never had an airline copy information from my driver's license, or ask for it when selling me a ticket or issuing a boarding pass. And that includes United and Southwest among them. Checking ID before issueing a boarding pass is universal. That includes all the airlines. That is true, but they just look at it. They don't record it nor should they. A passport is used to identify someone. Not even immigration officers record it when you enter a country. They look at it and stamp it. Period. In the past, though, that has been because there was no really practical way to deal with the info. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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