Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings, wreck their credit and cause financial ruin.

They're asking for private information, like Social Security numbers and credit card numbers.

I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.

I don't use a debit card. The safest thing is a credit card because you're using the bank's money. If someone accesses your information, they are stealing the bank's money, not yours.

Life's irony;Some people use their credit cards to start an enterprise,while others use theirs to accumulate unyielding assets.

I wish the credit card terminal showed "Do you really need to buy this" before I entered my PIN number