Hello,
We are embarking on a 3 month trip to Europe in 4 weeks time.
Wellllll we got the Latitude travel credit card didnt we.
So with this breach that's happened, do you think it will still be safe to use the card?
We were emailed to say about the breach but they have yet to say that our details were compromised.
Of course you cant get through to them.
So 2 problems here, should we use the card and if we were compromised, we may find out when away.
Appreciate your thoughts, thanks.
Using the card is fine, just make sure you have a secondary way of paying for things in case it needs to be cancelled and reissued.
No. Cancel the trip and return home immediately.
Had my card breached while using it overseas. I didn't know about it until I got back.
Only (minor) hassle was I had to go through every transaction and flag the dodgy from the legit.
28 degrees reimbursed all listed dodgy ones.
Ummm, I thought that the 'breach' was that some ID documents were accessed by hackers - not that they had access to and use of your cards???
Ok my daughters drivers license has been compromised.
We are still ok but not her.
She has been down to sort out a new license, given we are travelling.
But ( this is particularly for almost banned ), we are not sure how safe the travel card is to use. Can they compromise our accounts, my daughters account as well ?
Oh and thanks to those that supplied helpful answers.
The issue is not the card, it the potential for identify theft using your ID documents. E.g someone getting a loan using your identity document exposed by Latitude.
So if you have the chance of changing/replacing the ID you used for your 100 point check with Latitude, that might be useful. Obviously getting a replacement password in that time is problematic.
Alternative is to get a block on credit checks for yourself from one of the 3 Australian credit check vendors. These only normally last 2 weeks, but can be renewed.
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