5 places to fear when using your debit card

<p><figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;2541" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-2541" style&equals;"width&colon; 220px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;the-chesapeake&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;09&sol;Sept-2013-Ches-front-page&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;the-chesapeake&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;09&sol;Sept-2013-Ches-front-page-220x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" title&equals;"Sept 2013 Ches front page" width&equals;"220" height&equals;"300" class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-2541" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-2541" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Why do officials allow liquor stores to fuel demand of winos & bums with mini liquor bottles&quest;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>From BankRate &lpar;Sept&period; 14&comma; 2013&rpar; &&num;8212&semi; &&num;8220&semi;Would you care for a side of debit card fraud with that&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Restaurant servers don&&num;8217&semi;t ask that question&comma; but they might as well with the standard practice of taking customers&&num;8217&semi; debit cards to run them behind closed doors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Any place where the card is out of hand&&num;8221&semi; can increase the chances of fraud&comma; says McGoey&period; &&num;8220&semi;The guy comes to your table&comma; takes your card and disappears for a while&comma; so he or she has privacy&comma;&&num;8221&semi; giving the person the opportunity to copy your card information&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Even restaurants without sit-down service can present a threat&period; McNelley says using debit cards to order delivery can be risky because cashiers tend to keep customer payment information on file&period; That may make future orders more convenient&comma; but small businesses rarely take the steps necessary to safeguard payment information&comma; she says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Overall&comma; she says&comma; regardless of whether you use your debit card at a small restaurant or a big-box store&comma; the possibility of fraud is always there&period; She cites the example of Michaels Stores Inc&period;&comma; which saw its customers&&num;8217&semi; debit card information stolen in May by debit card terminals doctored by thieves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Even if you do exercise caution … there are still the Michaels-type incidents that will happen&comma;&&num;8221&semi; McNelley says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bankrate&period;com&sol;finance&sol;checking&sol;risky-places-swipe-debit-card-1&period;aspx&num;ixzz2etCxU3O9 "><strong>Read more&colon; <&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;