[debbiecrazy]

My dentist and I had agreement to take a sum of monies out of my checking account.
But someone in his office use my debit card number to purchase toys. My question is
can I sue the dentist for not protecting my information so that no other person(s) could use it?:mad:

[ScottGem]

If you can prove that the card info was used by someone in his office, then you can file suit. Not sure you will win though, If the person who used your card was not someone who should have had access to the info, you might have a case. But if it was a person, where part of their job was to have this info, then its hard to fault the dentist.

[excon]

Hello Debbie:

With a debit card, your bank protects you from fraud. Report this to your bank. They should reimburse your account and then you don't need to sue anybody.

I certainly would let the dentist know.

excon

[Fr_Chuck]

Well of course in your dentist office, your dentist would be about the only one that never actually saw your card or numbers.

If this person was someone in the office who had access to your records, nurse, billing manager, billing clerk, office manager and so on, all of them legally can see you record, since they are the ones dealing with it, I doubt if your actual dentist ever saw it.

So what you do is file a police report on the theft and let the police find and change the person who did it.

Then you report it to the bank with the police report to get credit back for the loss

The only libility the dentist may have is if they did not keep the numbers secure to accepted security limits for the industry.

If his security system allowed the janitor to see the numbers, then you may have a case, but not worth it, since all you can get is your money back, which is much easier to get from the bank and let them to after the responsible party.