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Aren't cheques even worse for privacy though? Not only your bank knows exactly who you paid and how much, the seller also now has your actual name since it's ju
by gambiting 3y ago
Aren't cheques even worse for privacy though? Not only your bank knows exactly who you paid and how much, the seller also now has your actual name since it's just written on the cheque - at least when paying by card they get nothing.
Maybe I'm getting it wrong - cheques are something I've only seen in films, in my country no bank accepts them since 2020 anymore, they've been completely phased out.
- ta1243 3y agoI was given a chequebook when I opened my current bank account in 2004, I've written 8, all of them in the first 10 years.
- jason-phillips 3y agoSame, until I moved to a rural area. I did a lot of research about this place but didn't discover the pervasiveness of the cash society until I moved here.
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- grobbyy 3y agoLast I looked, checks had privacy regulations. Most other payment methods don't really. I'm also my bank's customer. For most payment companies, I'm the product.
- astura 3y agoWhat sort of "privacy regulations?"
- jason-phillips 3y agoHere - that being outside of Austin in Texas - I think the root causes for this behavior lie with tax cheats and ineptitude.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoChecks certainly are not completely phased out in your country, just no longer common for consumers. And shopkeepers can still take a name off a card.