HOTEL KEY CARDS (False)

It's "False" according to Hoax-Slayer.
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> Ever wonder what is on your magnetic 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!
>
> When you turn them in to the front desk your
> personal information is there
> for any employee to access by simply scanning the
> card in the hotel scanner.
> An employee can take a hand full of cards home and
> using a scanning device,
> access the information onto a laptop computer and go
> shopping at your
> expense.
>
> 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, and 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.
>
>
> Information courtesy of: Queensland Police
> Service.*