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Archive for the Chip and pin Category
Chip and PIN protects – but you still need to take precautions
22/02/2008 by bill.
St Valentine’s Day sees the second anniversary of the switch from signing for our credit card payments to using chip and PIN cards – but has the new system prevented criminals from counterfeiting our details and using our hard-won credit?
The answer from APACS, the UK payments association, is yes – but that fraud is far from dead and we should not drop our guard.
Click here for the rest of this article with some simple precautions that will help to keep your cards – and your identity – safe, whether you’re at home, in another country or in cyberspace.
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