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Imagine this: A
customer—we'll call her
Mary—purchases a toy in your
store with a credit card.
Mary's credit card
information is temporarily
stored in your computer
systems. Fred, your clerk,
is a little short on rent
money this month. Fred
accesses your computer
systems and steals Mary's
card information. Fred sells
that information to a
willing buyer, and through a
complex series of
transactions, that
cardholder information is
eventually obtained by John.
John uses Mary's credit card
information to go on a
weekend vacation to the
mountains. Did you know that
your bank will make you pay
for John's vacation plus
hefty fines ($50,000,
$100,000 and more)?
And this is just one
card—and one vacation. How
much could this cost you if
Fred takes information from
many customers because he's
always short on rent money?
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