At 03:10 PM 9/19/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote:

At 9:13 PM 9/19/96, Gary Howland wrote:

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Paraphrasing that famous quote, just which part of "not for identification" don't they understand?

Hmm - who are you paraphrasing here? (Just curious).

"What part of "No" don't you understand?"

and

"What part of "Congress shall make no law" don't you understand?"

The question as to Social Security numbers came up earlier today in a conversation off-list. Do any of the lawyer types that hang out here know the exact statutes as to use and misuse of Social Security numbers? My understanding (probably flawed) is that it is (or was) illegal for certain types of businesses to ask for SS numbers. Does anyone know what the actual laws regarding this are? Pointers to statute numbers would also be appreciated. Also, I noticed that the text "Not for Indentification" does not appear on later versions of the Social Security cards. (Comparing my card with my fathers showed some interesting differences. That text change was the most glaring.) --- Alan Olsen -- alano@teleport.com -- Contract Web Design & Instruction `finger -l alano@teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ "We had to destroy the Internet in order to save it." - Sen. Exon "Microsoft -- Nothing but NT promises."