<prompt> Human: Ive only given my bank acc information to my employer and the IRS, and I feel nervous about giving that information to a gym. I admit that I am very ignorant of how a bank acc can be used for better or worse. Are my anxieties over this unfounded, or is there a real risk for giving out that sort of information?  <response>: That info is printed on any check you write, so its not a secret.But I agree that the gym is likely to use it to try to steal money from you at some point when you are ending your membership. Its not the numbers themselves, its the form that you will sign that says I give the gym permission to take all the money from my bank account whenever they feel like it. 