PRIVACY REGULATIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, Michael Conlen adding to comments by Adam Shostack and Tim May wrote: With your name and address someone can find out what your date of birth is. In many states that is enough for a drivers licens... ...name and dob... Federal agencies such as the FBI, and most if not all states, use your NAME and DATE OF BIRTH as their primary means of locating you in their databases. When it comes to being charged with giving false information to the authorities, it could be argues that you "accidentally" misremembered or forgot your SSN. It would be a real stretch, though, to assert that you got your own name or birthday wrong. If you are stopped by the police, you are required to identify yourself if asked. Is your DOB required? May you decline to answer that question if it is not relevant to the stop? (To drive a car, to buy booze, you much be of requisite age. Maybe you could say, "I'm over 21, officer.") I don't know if it's ever been tested in court. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you are stopped by the police, you are required to identify yourself if asked.
This is not true. If you're driving a car you are required to have a license. If you're just walking around, you're not required to have a name, or to tell it. A cop has to have a probable cause to arrest you, and not giving your name doesn't provide it. If you're surly, a cop can take you in, but if you politely decline to identify yourself, the cop has to work harder to find a reason to do anything. Just say "Officer, someone is waiting for me. May I go now?" This has been tested in court. There was a black lawyer several years ago who liked to walk a lot. He lived in one of the fashionable neighborhoods in LA, and occasionally got picked up becasue he "looked like he didn't belong there". He sued them and won in court every time, and got the police to leave him alone. [No, I don't have references.] Chris
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