[FedCom] Question for the Group: "Who watches the Watchers?"

[John Wilson]

   Be careful about saying "the only people".  In time that probably 
will change.  If you ever get a Medicare card and use it for doctor or 
bloodwork services, you have just given your SSN as the Medicare id is 
your SSN with an "A" and/or "B"suffix.  Also they will Xerox that card 
and file it in a folder.   Until a few years ago in Virginia your 
driver's license number was your SSN.  DMV got a lot of bad press for 
issuing driver's license to several of the September 11th 2001 
terrorists.  DMV now calls it a "customer number" and after many 
complaints from drivers will assign a non-SSN driver's license id.  Some 
businesses require your SSN if you pay for a product or service by 
check.  If you refuse to provide it, they can refuse to sell or service 
you...catch 22. 

Denny B wrote:

>The only people I give my social security number to is
>Social Security and any financial institutions that I
>deal with. Anyone else has no legal need to know.
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