They always ask me for my last four when I am doing any changes on my
Verizon account.
What was supposed to be solely a form of govt ID has become your
personal identification number.
It is your ID for the armed forces, It may or may not be on your DL
(you can ask for it not to be displayed on AL DL) and it is required
of you are seeking a job.
Stewart
At 11:51 AM 6/22/2009, you wrote:
It's a deal killer. It's an inappropriate use of a form of govt id
which was intended for the SS admin, not the convenience of
Sprint. A private biz cannot require you to divulge your ssn.
It's the same thing when I was trying to buy a car and test
driving. They want to keep my driver's license. They want to do
this so they can run a credit check to see if I can afford the car
I'm testing. All they need to know is that I have a valid dl, and
that can be confirmed by visual inspection.
When I test drove a car at another agency, they took no information
from me, only my name. When I drove away without purchasing, they
took my tag down and a few days later I received a nice ty note for
considering biz with them. It's apparently legal, but at least I'm
not volunteering info they don't really need.
--- On Mon, 6/22/09, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) <mark.sny...@ngc.com> wrote:
From: Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) <mark.sny...@ngc.com>
Subject: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 11:14 AM
According to Slashdot's article here
<http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/06/21/2359255/SSN-Required-To-Buy-Palm
-Pre> you cannot open a Sprint account and buy a Palm Pre without
telling Sprint your Social Security number (ostensibly so they can run a
credit check).
Anybody willing to do that for a mobile phone or is that a deal killer?
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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