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From: clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.legal
Subject: Re: Re: N.J. Motor Vehicle Bureau Requjires Social Security Numbers
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Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 08:28:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 10 08:28:24 1985
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Reply-To: clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
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Summary: 

In article <576@baylor.UUCP> peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>> Oh really?  Suppose I got your name, address, and SSN, and mailed
>> an anonymouse letter to Infernal Revenue to the effect that you were
>> failing to report $50,000 a year in illegal income.  Do you think that
>> would be harmless?
>
>What if I just got your name & address and did the same thing?
>
>The objection to using the SS# for other things is because it is not
>supposed to be a universal ID#. When it was first instituted there
>was a lot of talk about how the SS# would turn into a universal ID.
>Apparently there's some sort of mechanism in the appropriate act to
>prevent this... any lawyers out there?

There is a federal statute, instated about 5-7 years ago, that FORBIDS
the refusal of "Govt. social services" to applicants that refuse to give
their SSN.  I'm not sure whether private companies or things like
automobile registration are included under the statute.  It might
be in your freedom of information act.

[Even though I'm Canadian, I ran into discussions of this US law during
research on a Ontario Govt. Royal Commission.]
-- 
Chris Lewis,
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