At 03:52 PM 9/9/97 -0400, you wrote:
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Resent-Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 15:18:47 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: qnx.com: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: 0xdeadbeef@substance.abuse.blackdown.org Subject: Credit Card might-as-well-equal SSN Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 15:17:52 -0400 From: glen mccready <glen@qnx.com> Resent-From: 0xdeadbeef@substance.abuse.blackdown.org X-Mailing-List: <0xdeadbeef@substance.abuse.blackdown.org>
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Questions: Is this for real? How wide spread is this? What does U-Haul do with your SSN? How difficult is it for someone (company) to get your SSN when you use your credit card?
M. L. Sproul Amarillo, TX
[ Under current law, your SSN is part of what's called "credit header" data, and is (no longer) protected under the FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act).
This means that for all intents and purposes, your SSN is public information.
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It has been some time since I have seen an actual credit report, but as I remeber, TRW and CBI both report the persons SS# when you do a credit check. CBI has a search by SS# that will give you credit history and address from a SS#.. I did quite a few credit checks in my younger, more criminalistic days..