They’re not showing much concern for the protection of your card info in their systems, though they’re more than happy to take your money.

It would seem that in this age of identity theft, all too many retailers are chaffing at the bit to accept payment for their merchandise via your credit cards and debit cards while, at the same time, they’re not quite as tenacious where protecting the confidential information — your confidential information — their card processing terminals collect to obtain transaction approval.

What’s up with that?