NODE 840b7399RE: CreditCard info
Garth Brown (Semaphore Software) <v-garthb@microsoft.com>Sun, 7 Aug 94 17:43:54 PDT
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| 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>
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NODE 9e68bd75RE: CreditCard info
Chris Knight <cknight@crl.com>Mon, 8 Aug 94 11:35:56 PDT
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
NODE 6a5bb2c5RE: CreditCard info
NetSurfer <jdwilson@gold.chem.hawaii.edu>Tue, 9 Aug 94 23:49:49 PDT
On Mon, 8 Aug 1994, Chris Knight wrote:
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> 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."
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NODE 3a1a271aRE: CreditCard info
Brian Lane <blane@squeaky.free.org>Sun, 7 Aug 94 18:02:30 PDT
On Sun, 7 Aug 1994, Garth Brown wrote:
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> | 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
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