Press Release
Metropipe endorses VirtuCard
Leading service encourages use
06 January 2007
Metropipe, a leading provider of Internet privacy services, recommends that clients use unlinQ's VirtuCard when dealing with on-line merchants to protect their identities and prevent misuse of their credit.
Along with the rapid growth on on-line business have come the criminal element. Daily news stories recount how people using their credit cards with on-line merchants learned that their account and personal information had stolen or sold. Some found unauthorized charges from the merchant or others on their bank statements months later.
Firewalled Privacy
Metropipe spokesman, Hiro, said "Using VirtuCard is similar and complementary to our Tunneler product." When used together, "Tunneler masks your Internet location while VirtuCard masks your financial information," he continued.
VirtuCard is a pre-loaded, active, account number issued to an unlinQ nym fresh on demand. There is no compromise in identity due to courier delivery or cost. It’s not detectable by the merchant as being a virtual card: the merchant sees a completely valid major charge card but the card's iden