In message , at 19:09:19 on Mon, 5 Mar
2012, Clive Page remarked:
Not in the UK. They just hold your card hostage without doing anything
with it (which would probably require a PIN anyway).

Actually, some places in the UK will pre-authorise your card, if you
ask to open a tab. Then when you settle up at the end, you pay the
actual total. I've had this happen in the Hungry Horse chain, for
example. I think I prefer that to having my card held hostage, as it
would be too easy for someone to clone it while out of my control.

I don't think there have been any recorded instances of cloned C&P cards
at all, let alone in that sort of scenario.
--
Roland Perry