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Credit card companies giving out age info

  • 15-01-2008 1:23pm
    #1
    Sierra Oscar
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    Just sort of a quick question, is it legal for a credit card company to give out your age when you purchase a product online...or would this breach any data protection acts? Or is this done at the moment anyway?

    For example, could a site somehow try and verify your exact age by getting the information from your credit card when you go to purchase a product?

    I know of one site that may be implementing this, and I thought it was a tad bit odd.


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  • #2
    faceman
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    No that is illegal under the data protection act, assuming the EU data protection act is in force in the countries where the credit card company resides.


  • #3
    neacy69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭neacy69


    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    Just sort of a quick question, is it legal for a credit card company to give out your age when you purchase a product online...or would this breach any data protection acts? Or is this done at the moment anyway?

    For example, could a site somehow try and verify your exact age by getting the information from your credit card when you go to purchase a product?

    I know of one site that may be implementing this, and I thought it was a tad bit odd.

    Can you provide the site you are referring to?
    someone told me that some adult sites have age verification partners which I always just thought would check if your credit card was valid and therefore you are over 18 cos you have to be over 18 to have a credit card in your own name?


  • #4
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,601 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    neacy69 wrote: »
    Can you provide the site you are referring to?
    someone told me that some adult sites have age verification partners which I always just thought would check if your credit card was valid and therefore you are over 18 cos you have to be over 18 to have a credit card in your own name?

    It is actually www.steampowered.com , a site which you can buy games from. At this stage it is only a rumour. I assume if it was implemented it would be for over 18's games.

    Thanks for the replies.


  • #5
    neacy69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭neacy69


    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    It is actually www.steampowered.com , a site which you can buy games from. At this stage it is only a rumour. I assume if it was implemented it would be for over 18's games.

    Thanks for the replies.

    You need to be over 18 to have a credit card so maybe by proving you have a credit card proves that you are over 18 and can purchase 18+ rated games??


  • #6
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    It is actually www.steampowered.com , a site which you can buy games from. At this stage it is only a rumour. I assume if it was implemented it would be for over 18's games.

    Thanks for the replies.

    Anyone in possession of a valid credit card is over 18, so that should be enough for them. I don't think any credit card company would provide the exact DOB for one of their customers, regardless of what the website tries to do. A credit card company will simply deny them this information, if they can even request it from them.


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