Originally Posted by RichardInSF

(Note: This is a more general issue, not a hotel review. I will review the hotel in the appropriate thread for this hotel.)

Tonight, when I checked into the Courtyard San Diego Sorrento Mesa/La Jolla, the night desk clerk not only asked for my credit card and driver's license, he swiped the credit card and then insisted on also entering into his computers all the details on my driver's license.

When I asked why, he said it was the law and also could be helpful to the police! He also claimed it was required by all hotels. In fact, I believe that in California, credit card privacy laws actually prohibit saving this information. It's also never happened to me at any other hotel in the USA, including others in San Diego county.

I'm surprised he didn't demand my social security number.

If my card is subsequently misused, do I have a case against these folks for identity theft? Is this really some kind of new Marriott policy?