RE: CreditCard info
---------- | From: Brian Lane <blane@squeaky.free.org> | It's unbelieveable (to me anyway) that people would give this kind of | information out and trust that it can't be abused. It's bad enough that | we're asked to hand out our SS number for everything. It's my understanding that it's technically illegal for anyone to require your SSN for anything if they are not using it for SS related purposes. I had heard that congress passed a law when SSNs were issued to this effect. Am I hallucinating, or has someone else heard this too?! garthB> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Garth S. Brown, Semaphore Corporation 122 South Jackson Street, Suite 350 garthb@semaphore.com Seattle, Washington 98104 InterNIC WHOIS: GB(31) -Public key available via finger of garthb@semaphore.com -PGP2.6 Key fingerprint = 65 0E 48 A1 F7 38 DB 03 3F 77 77 9E B5 53 2E 96 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- All problems can be solved with the proper application of high explosives.
On Sun, 7 Aug 1994, Garth Brown wrote:
---------- | From: Brian Lane <blane@squeaky.free.org> | It's unbelieveable (to me anyway) that people would give this kind of | information out and trust that it can't be abused. It's bad enough that | we're asked to hand out our SS number for everything.
It's my understanding that it's technically illegal for anyone to require your SSN for anything if they are not using it for SS related purposes. I had heard that congress passed a law when SSNs were issued to this effect.
Am I hallucinating, or has someone else heard this too?!
I have also heard this. At school they ask you for your SSN when signing up for classes, but you can get a random id number assigned instead(I found this out long after giving them my SSN). I filled out a credit app at Sears last month that asked for my SSN, I didn't give it and didn't get credit either. What exactly is SS related use? Banks, Employment only? BRian ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linux : The choice of a GNU generation | finger blane@free.org witty comments pending | for PGP key and subLit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Sun, 7 Aug 1994, Garth Brown wrote:
It's my understanding that it's technically illegal for anyone to require your SSN for anything if they are not using it for SS related purposes. I had heard that congress passed a law when SSNs were issued to this effect.
It's true... You do not HAVE to give your ssn to anyone other than the IRS and your employer... So many companies have changed their proceedures so that credit apps, buyers club memberships, and that such stuff, are more of a pain if you do not give your ssn. They won't make you give it, but they will make whatever you want harder to get if you don't... -ck
On Mon, 8 Aug 1994, Chris Knight wrote:
It's true... You do not HAVE to give your ssn to anyone other than the IRS and your employer... So many companies have changed their
Actually you are not required to give your SSN to any government agency including the IRS, but they tell you in the Privacy Act acknowledgement that if you do not (voluntarily) give them your SSN, they won't process your tax payment. This would result in failure to pay taxes, and potentially jail-time etc. But it is "voluntary." -NetSurfer #include standard.disclaimer
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