On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Chris Dunford <seed...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > When I started college they issued us an ID number which was sort of > > alphabetical derived. About halfway through they changed the ID number > to > > our SSN > > Out of curiosity, how long ago was this? A lot of organizations that at one > time used SSNs for IDs have stopped doing so. My Blue Cross ID, for example, > used to be my SSN, but they changed it maybe > four or five years ago for privacy reasons. > I started in college 1979 and they changed to SSNs a couple of years later. I would hope they have changed back since then. I knew it was a bad idea then. VA has changed drivers license numbers to it's own number. I had a clinic ask for my SSN last week. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
