[privacy] Dispute Credit Card Charges at Your Peril

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

David Lazarus writes in The San Francisco Chronicle:

[snip]

If you've ever reversed the charge for a dubious credit card
transaction or online purchase, your name could be on a secretive
overseas database that consumer advocates say may violate protections
guaranteed under U.S. law.

The database is maintained by a Panama company named Goldwell Corp.,
which runs an online service called ChargeBack Bureau.

[snip]

More here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/14/BUG3KJDKLC1.DTL

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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