Re: Beware of Radio Shack

From: D. Kirkpatrick (sunclad_at_sunclad.com)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:10:12 GMT

In article <d29d2h$mrj$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
 nevai@math.ohio-state.edu (Paul Nevai) wrote:

> "Jim Douglas" <james.douglas@genesis-software.com> aszonygya:
> :> > But they still argue they need it. Eventually I win or
> :> > I walk out with my money and no product.
>
> Next time just give my phone and SS#: 1-800-555-5555 and 999-99-9999. I
> don't mind it. /Paul

No commercial entity can demand your SS number by law. If they do,
walk out and report them to the SS administration and the local
state's attorney general's office of consumer protection.

If that is the number on a driver's license you may need to show that
for ID but many states are now replacing the SS number with their own
state-generated number as a matter of privacy. As long as you give
them the special private number on a driver's ID you have fulfilled
the obligations under law for ID purposes.

The number of people who *may* have access to your SS number are very
limited. Those are the SS administration, a bank when opening an
account, the state when getting a driver's license or state ID, a
police officer when seeking ID in the instance of conducting an
investigation (including a traffic stop), The IRS, and en employer
when completing forms for the IRS.

There may be more but the list is limited and I am not an attorney who
can offer more direction.

DMK

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