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Remember the garbage truck job and the credit application?
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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 519544" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>In Ohio... A few years back they stopped printing your SSN on your drivers license. Now if you want it on there you have to say you do.</p><p></p><p>About a year ago I wrote a check, they looked at my license (yup, it's me) and told me they needed my SSN. I asked what for and they said they just did. I refused. They told me they could not accept my check. I asked for a manager. The manager tried to argue with me and I pointed out that they could take my check without my SSN (almost $2000 as I remember), or lose the sale entirely. The manager called his manager... Hmm, turns out I was RIGHT.</p><p></p><p>But think - how often do we just hand out this information, without even thinking? Fill out an application - it asks for birth date - but it is against the law to ask your age - what just happened? Asks for your SSN - but that's also illegal. They cannot ask if you are married, in a relationship, have kids... <em>But many do</em>.</p><p></p><p>Many retailers are now asking for email addresses and/or phone numbers. I decline.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 519544, member: 6705"] In Ohio... A few years back they stopped printing your SSN on your drivers license. Now if you want it on there you have to say you do. About a year ago I wrote a check, they looked at my license (yup, it's me) and told me they needed my SSN. I asked what for and they said they just did. I refused. They told me they could not accept my check. I asked for a manager. The manager tried to argue with me and I pointed out that they could take my check without my SSN (almost $2000 as I remember), or lose the sale entirely. The manager called his manager... Hmm, turns out I was RIGHT. But think - how often do we just hand out this information, without even thinking? Fill out an application - it asks for birth date - but it is against the law to ask your age - what just happened? Asks for your SSN - but that's also illegal. They cannot ask if you are married, in a relationship, have kids... [I]But many do[/I]. Many retailers are now asking for email addresses and/or phone numbers. I decline. [/QUOTE]
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