From the ArcaMax Publishing, News & Features Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/newsheadlines/s-383065-502297
TORONTO (UPI) -- Self-service check-in kiosks at Toronto's Pearson
International Airport are under scrutiny after several cases of
identity-theft fraud.
Credit card operator Visa recently approached the Greater Toronto
Airport Authority, which licenses the card readers, with concerns of
"isolated" and "increased" instances of credit card fraud taking place
among passengers swiping cards to obtain boarding passes, the Toronto
Star reported Thursday.
There are about 150 terminals that allow passengers to bypass lines
for ticket agent check-in, and 13 airlines make use of them. On
Wednesday, in light of reports of the potential fraud risk, WestJet
airline announced it was disabling the readers in its boarding areas,
the Star said.
Scott Armstrong, a spokesman for the GTAA, told the newspaper
passengers concerned with possible credit fraud had other options to
check in, including swiping passports or drivers licenses, or simply
typing in their names.
Neither Visa nor the GTAA have disclosed any details on alleged fraud
or identity theft, the newspaper said.