On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:51 PM, One Man<[email protected]> 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. From a legal perspective you are right. A private business cannot require you to reveal your social security number. However, if you choose not to do so if asked, they are typically not re > 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) <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) <[email protected]> > Subject: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre > To: [email protected] > 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 > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
