mem@sii.UUCP (Mark Mallett) (11/08/83)
b As far as I know, it IS illegal to request social security number. When I registered for MCI mail, i refused to give them my ssn. It would not take 000-00-0000 but it took some other number (001-00-0000 or something). And it didn't keep me from getting the service. Mark Mallett decvax!sii!mem
jhh@ihldt.UUCP (John Haller) (11/10/83)
My wife just got a new Social Security card yesterday (one of the new so-called forgery-proof types) and there was a statement saying that there is no law preventing private companies from requesting your Social Security number. You have no obligation to give them your number, but they are not obligated to give you the service if you refuse to give them your Social Security number. Local, State, and Federal Agencies MUST have Federal Authorization to get your Social Security number, and must tell you what that authorization is. John Haller