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Originally Posted by Chris is me
I'm kind of confused, are you complaining about FIRST learning all of this personal financial information about you that you just freely volunteered? Are you complaining about being judged on it?
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Both, why are they asking it at all? I previously volunteered that personal information. Asking everyone for it puts PII (personally identifiable information) about all of the submitted finances in FIRST records. Where is FIRST disclosing what they do to protect that information?
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I don't think FIRST's intent is to prohibit people with terrible credit from volunteering, but credit reports can contain background information that may expose certain liabilities. It's not that out of the ordinary for employers, etc to look at credit checks.
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FIRST would be the worst employer I ever had in that example. I have to pay them for the privledge. I rarely get the process employers are responsible for closed. I get frequently zero warning about rapid changes impacting my delivery. I do not know what they do with my data. Oh, and I get to sign away basic liability.
What a deal!
Lucky for FIRST I do not view them as an employer but a charitable group to which I conduct contributions. Otherwise FIRST would be fired as my employer quite a while ago (I have fired employers for less).
My issue is 'least privledge'. I do computer security at a professional level: you should not have anything you do not need.
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Originally Posted by Mr V
For them to check your credit they would have to have your SSN and there is no reason or requirement to give your SSN. You just have to check the "no SSN" box on the application at least that was how it was the last time I did it.
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Cute and what happens if you lie about not having an SSN as an American citizen?
Where I come from you do that on a background check - you fail it.
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Originally Posted by bkahl
Wow, what a problem to have.
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Being I can walk right past these checks. All the better for me to raise this issue. I have nothing to hide and the credentials to more than make the point. I could easily see other people getting the: "what are you hiding?!" stunt in reply.