Archive for July 7th, 2007
Protecting against ID theft
Saturday, July 7th, 2007Hi, Heard your story on CPR/NPR (chicago) Thanks
Just wanted to mention that 2yrs. ago I e-mailed my 2 state senators and Rep. suggesting Social Security STOP showing all 9-digits of my soc. sec. # on my MEDICARE card which I MUST keep with me at all times.
One ,only ONE congress person responded Sen. Dick Durbin [...]
Protect your SSN
Saturday, July 7th, 2007According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, when SSNs were first issued in 1936, the federal government stated that the numbers would be used strictly for Social Security programs. “Social Security number cards by themselves were never intended to be personal identity documents because they cannot confirm that a person presenting a card is actually the [...]