Liz Tuddenham wrote:
On Sunday I bought a piece of equipment from a stall at a radio rally
and paid with my debit card. Having completed the transaction I asked
the stallholder for a receipt, he started to write one out, then said "I
hope you don't mind me asking but what is your e-mail address?"
As i started to tell him, he stopped me and said "Yes, the machine has identified you correctly and automatically send a receipt by e-mail.
You must have bought something from me before". As far as either of us
knew, this was the first purchase I had made from that trader.
When I got back home, there was the e-mail from "SumUp Payments
Limited". Have they illegally stored my e-mail address and card details without my consent? What other explanation might there be for this?
"SumUp Payments Limited" is probably used by a large number of small
retailers as their credit card service. A big retailer might have a
similar arrangement with a bank.
So it's not the retailer who has stored your details, it is SumUp.
Whether it is illegal for them to store your details I don't know. But
the solution is only ever to pay with cash. I agree that this would be
awkward if you ever needed to challenge the retailer for a refund.
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Graham J
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