wow... I woulda told them the same thing! :) --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm against it too. The company that I applied at told me exactly what they > wanted to do and why and had me sign a form that I agreeded to the credit > check in the first place. In this instance I did sign the forms after > speaking with the owner of the company who expalined his position on the > matter. Plus he actually asked. But having people check it without asking > is BS and I'd like to know if it is legal or not. > > Here is a breakdown of the conversation with another company regarding the > same topic that I recently had: > > company: We need your SSN. > Greg: Why? I haven't accepted a position and therefore I have no tax records > that need to be filled out. > company: oh, we use that to ensure that a name does is not entered in the > database multiple times. > Greg: Then use the primary key in the table containing the names as the key > to search for. > company: What? > Greg: You see.. when you create an entry in a database table..... <blah> long > time </blah> > company: We can't do it that way. We need your SSN. > Greg: No. You have my address, use that. No other "Greg Browns" reside > there. > company: It's a requirement. We need your SSN. What if we need to contact > you in the future and you have moved? > Greg: Well, if you need to contact me you're not going to send a letter to my > SSN. Can I have a copy of your company handbook detailing the HR policies > that state this requirement for pre-employment and exactly what that data is > used for? > company: Why? > Greg: I want to show it to my attorney. > company: I have another call I have to take, we'll get back with you. > > And I never heard back from them again. > > In the UK (and EU I think) this kind of thing is called Personally > Identifiable Information, aka PII, and you CANNOT collect it. It's the law > and it is fairly clear. I wish we would adopt the same law here. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Turnpike Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Nov 24, 2004 3:10 PM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] SSN for applying to jobs -OT about credit- > > I'm no expert here folks, but learn about credit. For example, if you are > mortgage shopping from multiple brokers to find the best deal and applying > for > preapprovals, etc., that's just another way lots of credit checks can show up > on your credit report in a very small amount of time. However, you need to > know that b/c all those checks were of the same type and squeezed into that > small amount of time, it doesn't dbl, triple, quadruple the credit points > against you. Some would even say it's looked at as one instance. Call your > credit experts for more details. Again, I am NOT a credit expert!! > > Now as far as them doing it without permission? If that is legal, I'm > against > it. > > later, > David > > --- Michael Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Thats scary, I never realized it was legal to run someone's credit > > without permission... WTF? > > > > - --mike > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > | That's probably exactly what they are doing: running a pre-screening > > credit check. Go ahead and ask them outright. They should have to ask > > for premission. It ticks me off too because having too many credit > > checks in a short time period can actually lower your credit score but a > > little bit. If I apply to two dozen shops in a week I don't want 24 > > checks in that same time period. > > | > > | Ugh. > > | > > | Greg > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) > > > > iD8DBQFBpOdPuxlRkoWKZoMRAlFpAJ9GpXep3lbYyrs0sPzuK+lvz9sFcQCgg/ct > > gegZzTqynljlEPY6AQrNxfU= > > =WNZk > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. 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