--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > Also the > fact that they are asking for SS #s (or so I understood) is > troubling--that would rule me out immediately, as I simply wouldn't > give it to them. What could the reason possibly be except to > intimidate people? I've been on a lot of courses given by various > organizations, and I have never been asked to give that.
I'm pretty sure I had to give my Social Security number when I first applied to learn TM in 1975. Back then, of course, we'd never heard of identity theft; all *kinds* of people asked for SS #s for identification, and nobody thought anything of it. I think they also asked for it on course applications then as well. It does have the advantage of being a unique identifier. I went to a doctor recently for a flu shot and was asked for my SS #. I said no, and that was OK with them, but it would never have occurred to me to think they were trying to intimidate me by asking. It used to be almost a reflex to identify people by their SS # and is still used in many cases, although obviously more and more people these days are refusing to give it. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
