Thread: House panel approves broadened ISP snooping bill
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Old 08-06-2011, 11:52 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Perhaps it's different in the US, but the overwhelming majority of people in the UK pay regular bills, such as internet bills, by direct debit - a regular payment taken directly from a bank account. Naturally, in order to do that, the ISP has to store the bank details. I'm certainly not aware of this having caused any problems for anybody - I pay pretty much all my bills by direct debit, because it's the most convenient method of doing so.
In the US, people have had trouble with companies continuing to make charges after the account has been closed.
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