HOTEL KEY CARDS!!!!

Something to think about....... ........ I was talking with a colleague this morning who is working on a hotel project, This is pretty good info. I really never even thought about key cards containing anything other than an access code for the room! But wow HOTEL KEY CARDS contain a lot more so :

Have you ever wondered what is on your magnetic Hotel key card?

Answer:
a.. Customer's name
B. Customer's partial home address
c. Hotel room number
d. Check-in date and out dates
e. **Customer's credit card number and expiration date!

Simply put, hotels do not erase the information on these cards until an employee reissues the card to the next hotel guest.. At that time, the new guest's information is electronically 'overwritten' on the card and the
previous guest's information is erased in the overwriting process.

But until the card is rewritten for the next guest, it usually is kept in a drawer at the front desk with
***YOUR INFORMATION ON IT!****
The bottom line is: Keep the cards, take them home with you, or destroy them.
******** NEVER leave them behind in the room or room wastebasket.
******** NEVER turn them into the front desk when you check out of a room.

They will not charge you for the card (it's illegal) and you'll be sure you are not leaving a lot of valuable personal information on it that could be easily lifted off with any simple scanning device card reader..

For the same reason, if you arrive at the airport and discover you still have the card key in your pocket, do not toss it in an airport trash basket. Take it home and destroy it by cutting it up, especially through the
electronic information strip!

If you have a small magnet, pass it across the magnetic strip several times..Then try it in the door, it will not work. It erases everything on the card.

PLEASE FORWARD to friends and family*