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WestJet to disable kiosk card use

TARA PERKINS

Globe and Mail Update

WestJet plans to disable the credit card readers in kiosks that customers use to check-in for its flights at 28 Canadian airports, as a precaution in the wake of an investigation into the kiosks' security. “We'll do that later today,” Ken McKenzie, executive vice-president of operations at the airline, said in an interview Wednesday.

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