From: Brian Lane <blane@squeaky.free.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 94 18:02:30 PDT
To: Garth Brown <v-garthb@microsoft.com>
Subject: RE: CreditCard info
In-Reply-To: <9408080045.AA26869@netmail2.microsoft.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9408071923.A5416-0100000@squeaky.free.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain


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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------