This article was first published on DollarsAndSense

Have you ever suspected the cashier at a retail merchant store doing a “double swipe” on your credit card, before returning it to you?

“Double swiping” refers to the swiping of a credit card twice to capture additional and sensitive card details. As explained by Visa, “this second swipe effectively exposes a payment card’s magnetic stripe full track data to compromise.“

What information is being compromised?