[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by David Kelly

A social security number is a number that each American receives at birth and uses for identification.

http://www.siu.edu/~world/gsg/carbon/cbssn.html

My parents SS cards say "Not to be used for Identification"
After looking for it, so does mine.

The government assured the public when they were first issued in 1936 that they would be limited to Social Security programs, but because every citizen had one, bussnisses decided that it would be convient to use to track people. The Privacy Act of 1974 limits when the governement can use your SSN.

There aremany articles and why texts hyperthreaded out there on you shouldn't use your SSN as an identifier.


Also, the Policy FIRST has on its website says

VolunteerSelect/ChoicePoint has extensive and comprehensive policies and procedures regarding the security of personal information entered into the VolunteerSelect system. These policies are available for review on the VolunteerSelect website ”www.volunteerselect.com” under the “About Us” tab.

. I can find nowhere on their site their policy on what they do with the information collected. Once collected, they can legally sell any information they collected, including your SSN, to anyone they want.

With a SSN and the matching name, you can get credit just about anywhere.


I know I am not the only one who does not wish to divulge my SSN, but others that FIRST will greatly miss if it comes down to it.

Wetzel