--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > <snip> > > > I don't think there was ever a law against using it > > > for other things, unless it was changed before I > > > started filling out forms on my own (40-plus years > > > ago)--applications for jobs, bank accounts, credit > > > cards, apartment leases, physicians' forms, you name > > > it. I believe I recall being asked to put it on > > > checks when I used them to pay for things in stores. > > > > > > Or perhaps the law was just widely ignored. > > > > The latter, I think. I recall a huge outcry against using > > teh SSN as the student ID at the U of AZ back in the early > > 70's. There was a legal component where it was argued that > > it was illegal to do so in the first place. > > Possibly it was a state law? The AARP article I cited > discusses policy options and legislation to restrict > the use of SS#s in some detail, but it says nothing about > there ever having been a federal law to that effect. In > that context, it would have been a very strange omission. >
A quick google yields the official history. Apparently I misunderstood the issues: http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/ssnchron.html 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/
