| Comment Number: | 531096-00035 |
| Received: | 8/3/2007 11:49:25 PM |
| Organization: | Self |
| Commenter: | C. Gozaydin |
| State: | RI |
| Agency: | Federal Trade Commission |
| Rule: | Private Sector Use of SSNs |
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Comments:
I, for one, do not know why Non-financial, non-insurance, non-employer, commercial entities, like Phone and CableTV companies have made it a habit of either recording, using, or requesting (for verification) either full 9-digit or Last-4-digit SSN's when having CableTV, telephone, DSL, or High-speed Internet service troubleshooting. I understand the Credit report and banking industry side, the rest of the service industry side, I DO NOT understand after reading the 1935 laws that est. the Soc. Sec. Number as a Retirement Acct. No. [in "Economic Security Act" as its first natme, no less] in the first place. I would like FTC's comments, thoughts on this creeping of requirements and overuse of SSNs.