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From: gast@cs.ucla.edu (David Gast)
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Subject: 800 Numbers, Voice Mail, and Privacy
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Date: 9 Feb 91 15:32:32 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 102, Message 10 of 11


If you call 1-800-544-7544, you can get complete information about the
fund holdings in Fidelity Funds of anyone whose social security number
you know.  The WSJ points out that the Chairman of Fidelity has a
publically available SSN (from the SEC) and that it begins with
029-24.  Peter Lynch's SSN begins with 018-34 and his SSN is also part
of the public record.  The story did not mention the complete SSNs.

Another 800 number allows one to get complete information on options
and stocks held via Fidelity Brokerage.

Now it seems to me that with the TELECOM Digest Moderator's expertise
at gaining publically available information or the TELECOM Digest's
readers amazing expertise at anything telephonic, we should be able
get and publish that information immediately.  I personally feel that
this information should not be available in this manner, but perhaps
the only way to get others to help safeguard my privacy is to show how
easily their privacy can be invaded.

In the case of Mr. Johnson it might be interesting to know how much he
has invested at Fidelity and how much in other investments.


David Gast    gast@cs.ucla.edu   
{uunet,ucbvax,rutgers}!{ucla-cs,cs.ucla.edu}!gast


[Moderator's Note: Even if someone sent me his SSN I would not publish
it here. This forum is not intended as a place to discuss the personal
financial data of individuals.   PAT]