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Do you easily offer your SSN when asked? Like, say, when you're dealing with customer service and are asked for your ten digits, because it's protocol, do you resist telling them?
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Giving up your social security number
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I really should but I don't.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20110614/NEWS20/106120376/Fact-Checker-You-can-refuse-give-out-Social-Security-number
http://www.rgj.com/article/20110614/NEWS20/106120376/Fact-Checker-You-can-refuse-give-out-Social-Security-number
CeCe- …is a Chamber DEITY.
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I give my SS only when absolutely necessary. Had a dentist office tell me they needed it once. I asked them if they were offering me a job. She said no & I said well then you don't need it. The strangest place that asked for it was when I needed to buy a money order. Weird lol
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Don't give it out like Hello's, that's for sure.
Shale- ...is a Chamber Royal.
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That is my tactic. It has always been routine on many forms, especially doctors - but I leave it blank and seldom does the receptionist enquire. Guess other old curmudgeons have been there before me.CeCe wrote:I give my SS only when absolutely necessary. Had a dentist office tell me they needed it once. I asked them if they were offering me a job. She said no & I said well then you don't need it. ...
Ultimately it is the fault of our politicians (I don't say 'elected leaders' for a reason). The feds need to make a law saying social security numbers are to be given out ONLY for employment and tax reasons. When a few of them get their identities stolen that law may come around.
BTW, I just found out that the military, since I was in, went from serial numbers to using social security numbers - right out there in the open all over the place, including dog tags for any ID thief to get - along with your name. Duh!!
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I don't give it out freely, bu it seems all medical forms require it. I don't list my son's on any of those forms when asked. His number doesn't need to be in several places before he's even an adult.
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I only give it when necessary. Most of the time, they ask for only your last four digits so that's nit much if a problem.
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Sometime back when I called customer service regarding my cell phone bill, I thought he asked me for my SSN. I immediately got bent out of shape and balked. But I had't heard him right (I was calling him from an event with lots of background noise.)
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Since when does customer service require a social security number? I put it down on my college forms, and I guess I did on my dental form but I don't remember, and the last time I did was 3 years ago when I got a job, and I remember at the time I was a bit hesitant because hardly ever having given it out, I wasn't used to that.
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