"The thing to avoid is venders to record your card number and put it in a data bank. That's one of the reasons I won't use PayPal. I pay my ISP with a credit card. but only after I got a wrtiien guarantee that it's not recorded."

Everything you purchase with your credit card (on-line, or off-line) is stored on a databank, including your cc number ... it's been that way for years, even before 'on-line' ever existed.

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