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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 585880" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Having seen my kids and husband hack through those programs that make you think you have deleted the info, from many different systems and programs designed to not let them get that info, I have an unbreakable rule that I will NEVER allow my kids to have our credit, debit, or any financial info on their computers. I trusted those things the wy you do, Loth, and even my non-techie child was able to get around them all on a consistent basis regardless of how 'secure' the program or system was/is supposed to be. It is one thing to use it on MY computer for MY purchases. I am the only one who uses my computer, ever. I didn't want the cd on my system because then each time she wants to put it on another card, mp3 player, whatever, it becomes something I get pestered over. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I can purchase digital books at B&N as gifts with-o having the giftee have to give financial info. Ditto many other companies. </p><p></p><p>This is NOT info they need to know you are a US citizen or where you are. in my opinion it is just an attempt to get info so that they can sell it and can send you spam, oh I mean ads. Their customer service has gone down substantially over the last few years and I am seriously rethinking the kindle fire that I want. I love husband's, but am not sure I want to ahve to deal with amazon. And that makes me sad because they often have some really great deals. If they reverse this, I will see. </p><p></p><p>I could maybe see asking for your info to be verified if you have had problems with your account with them, payments that bounced or you challenged a lot of charges. But to ask someone who is receiving a gift to give them your info? Out of line, rude, and I bet I am not the only parent of a tween/teen who refuses to give a credit card payment over the teen's computer or whatever. It is simply to easy to 'undelete' that info, and it takes a simple google search or two and you find directions to walk you through the undelete process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 585880, member: 1233"] Having seen my kids and husband hack through those programs that make you think you have deleted the info, from many different systems and programs designed to not let them get that info, I have an unbreakable rule that I will NEVER allow my kids to have our credit, debit, or any financial info on their computers. I trusted those things the wy you do, Loth, and even my non-techie child was able to get around them all on a consistent basis regardless of how 'secure' the program or system was/is supposed to be. It is one thing to use it on MY computer for MY purchases. I am the only one who uses my computer, ever. I didn't want the cd on my system because then each time she wants to put it on another card, mp3 player, whatever, it becomes something I get pestered over. I can purchase digital books at B&N as gifts with-o having the giftee have to give financial info. Ditto many other companies. This is NOT info they need to know you are a US citizen or where you are. in my opinion it is just an attempt to get info so that they can sell it and can send you spam, oh I mean ads. Their customer service has gone down substantially over the last few years and I am seriously rethinking the kindle fire that I want. I love husband's, but am not sure I want to ahve to deal with amazon. And that makes me sad because they often have some really great deals. If they reverse this, I will see. I could maybe see asking for your info to be verified if you have had problems with your account with them, payments that bounced or you challenged a lot of charges. But to ask someone who is receiving a gift to give them your info? Out of line, rude, and I bet I am not the only parent of a tween/teen who refuses to give a credit card payment over the teen's computer or whatever. It is simply to easy to 'undelete' that info, and it takes a simple google search or two and you find directions to walk you through the undelete process. [/QUOTE]
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