social security #?

[jasonlf]

IANAL, but....

It is illegal for anything but a federal agency to *REQUIRE* an SSN. They can get it ridiculous amounts of trouble for demanding it after you tell them no.

I do believe this includes states.

 

[navarre]

Yeah, but since then it's been ruled against the law to put use someone's SSN as their ID#. My childrens health insurance company changed their ID#'s cause of that ruling.

True.

All of our BC/BS ID cards at work were re-issues to comply.

 

[DVS]

NEVER give your SSN to ANYONE. The only exceptions would be on loan applications and the federal government. If you apply for a loan on line, be sure you are on a secure page, or don't type in your SSN.

That's all someone needs, if they want your identity. Your SSN is like the key to the rest of your information. Be very careful who you give it to. If your state still uses your SSN for driver's license number, I'd ask for a new one, and change the number.

It was common practice for some states to use SSN for the driver's license number, but that was years ago, and before the Internet and identity theft. If your state is still doing it, you need to petition your state representatives. Tell them to get their head OUT of their ass and get it changed.

As for sending a picture of your driver's license to someone (such as a Domme), it isn't for identity as much as it is so they can check to see if you are a criminal. They can check with DMV to see if you are wanted and for what. It's a common safety practice, but I'm not a very trusting person and I don't think I would ever do it. They need all information on the card for this, so they would then know everything they need to know about you, if your Driver's license number is your SSN.

Even if it isn't your SSN, I don't like someone I've never seen to know my full name, my complete home address and anything else they can find out from the information on that card. If they don't trust me to be telling the truth, I guess we just ain't gonna connect. Now, you might be more trusting than I am. That's up to you.

 

[onceburned]

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[timberwolf05]

Lady

Congratulations, I wish you both success and happiness.

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[onceburned]

One week away!

 

[DVS]

The Social Security Number is very useful to identity thieves and other folks with crime on the mind.

I know that my state, Iowa, routinely does not use the SSN on its driver's license - a person has to request a favor to let their driver's license number be the same as their social security number. I would think this is true in other states as well. SSN is simply too important to put on your checks or driver's license... although both were common practices 20 or 30 years ago.

I think requesting the driver's license of someone you plan on having in your home, or being intimate with is a reasonable precaution. I suppose another form of photo ID would work too. <shrug> But its nice to know that a person really is named what they claim is their name.

An interesting side note that goes along with this thread. I hadn't even noticed, but my health insurance (Blue Cross-Blue Shield) used my SSN for identity. A few weeks ago, I received a new card and they said it was in compliance with many state's restrictions in the use of one's SSN.

And, my work always REQUIRED us to add our SSN on our time sheets. Finally, after someone mentioned taking them to court, they have said we no longer need to continue that practice. I was actually repremanded more than once for not adding my SSN to the time sheet. I was just waiting for them to do something that I could take to a lawyer, but they never went that far.

It's an ever increasing thing, but there are still (yes, this IS 2005) stick-in-the-muds out there who aren't aware that the SSN is such a wanted number. And, if someone's identity is stolen, and it comes out that my employer was the leak... the phrase "sue the pants off 'em" comes to mind.