Have you ever checked into a hotel and wondered what information is stored on your key card?Our viewer Mary reached out to Rossen Reports, concerned about her personal information.She asked, “A tour ...

For decades, hotel guests have been warned about the dangers lurking in their pockets. Keep your room key away from your phone.Don't put it near your credit cards. That magnetic clasp on your purse?It ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Every once in a while, an email or Facebook posting makes the rounds sounding alarms over the supposed danger of used hotel card keys. To stay safe, the reasoning goes, travelers must ...

Times-Union readers want to know: Is it true that hotel key cards have all your personal information on them, including your credit card number? Should you take a magnet with you to erase the info ...

A few years ago, a rumor made the rounds on e-mail and the Web that hotels were encoding room key cards with guests' personal information, and that any prospective identity thief with a card reader ...

You might not think twice about this check-in extra, but it could jeopardize your safety Think back to the last time you checked into a hotel. Chances are, you handed over a credit card for ...

LOS ANGELES — The hotel room key card may become as obsolete as the brass room key it replaced. Door lock vendors have developed the technology to let smartphones function as keys, and the hotel ...

One of the pleasures of traveling is getting your own hotel room—peace and quiet, locked away from the world with a nice little key card securing your privacy. Except that those key cards might not be ...