On 27 November 2011 12:26, Shamit Verma <[email protected]> wrote: > "Section 7 of the Privacy Act does not impose any restrictions on private > sector > use of the SSN. Thus, private businesses and organizations may still request > an
It does not mandates the use of SSN either. > Need for SSN is for credit checks. Unless landlord is individuals, > most companies have language that is legal. Condition is to "Pass a > Credit Rating Check" and that can not be done without SSN. Untrue. Need for SSN is to assess credit worthiness. It can be done by demanding a deposit. In cases where this is the first time you are being involved in a transaction that involves credit, you will not have a credit rating. There are classes of US citizens who do not have SSNs. They get along pretty well, as far as I can tell. Binand -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
