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Thailand Hotels & Accommodations - credit card security
Be warned, credit card fraud (both as a result of the Internet and
generally) is up! When you send credit card details over the Internet,
you may well find a few extra items on your bill! Even when you use a secure server connection, if your PC has
been infected with certain "mobile code viruses". The information you
send over the secure connection may be Ok, but your cc details may
also be sent secretly behind this "secure" connection! (We use and
recommend the virus checker / security system esafe as this also
blocks mobile code). But not only that, what if the travel agent you
send your credit card details have their own staff or IT security
problems? When you make a request on our direct reservations service /
system, you are not required to provide your credit card details.
If the hotel / villa owner requires them for deposit or confirmation
purposes, they will ask you for them. And you may fax these directly to
them, rather than use the Internet, as this is a far safer medium. And if
you think we are just trying to undermine secure server technology
because we don't have it. If you check the company that hosts this
site, Digiserve, you will see it is available to us and at no extra cost! We genuinely believe sending credit card details by fax rather than
by the Internet / e-mail is infinitely more secure. Not least because
the information is likely to only stay in printed form, not on someone's
PC. And if you doubt us on this, ask you credit card company what
they think / advise?! This is also why we chose the alternative 3rd party reservations
service we did. Because they also allow you to provide your credit
card details by fax. If we ever add a villa which is managed by an
agent, we would make sure they are equally able - not that many of
them take credit card payments anyway.