On 30 Apr 2006 at 13:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > LaNell and Porter, > Both of you are correct. My SS card, issued in 1965, is printed the same, > "Not for identification." In point of fact, it is illegal for credit card > companies, credit bureaus, insurance companies, etc. to even ask for your SS > number, much less keep it in a database or use it for identification. But, > no one who could do something about this is willing to take on these huge > corporations. > > Having said that, I fear we are straying far afield here and should probably > drop the thread.
Not so far afield. Would it be illegal to use it to identify people in a genealogical database, such as has been discussed here? And surely using it in that way assumes that all persons in the database are US citizens or residents, which is not necessarily the case. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.geocities.com/hayesstw/stevesig.htm Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
