Buying online - request for DoB

[putsch]

I was just going to buy online from a UK site I hadn't used before and when it came to checkout they requested my date of birth - stated on the form to be for credit card authorisation (it's not a banned or dodgy product!!). I've never had to give this level of detail before - think it sounds fishy?

 

[irishmoss]

I've just bought a gift using visa debit, this asks your date of birth when it authenticates the card

 

[Time]

You should not have to provide such data.

 

[Time]

That is normal where it will ask for selected characters from your password.

The site you are buying from should not be seeing this information.