[Clark Gilbert]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

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.
Wetzel

I dont see how this is any different than applying for a job. Out of the 6 job applications I've filled out, all of them required that you put a SSN for identification. The Circuit City ap (the place I got hired at) made me write it at the top of all 10 pages. It's merely the most widely accecpted way of proving that you are indeed who you say you are. I'm using it at college now for all of my scan-tron exams and forms I've had to fill out, and until recently it was on our school IDs. We recently changed IDs and got new StudentIDs, but they have not gone into effect yet. What do you do when you have to fill out all of these forms? Leave it blank?