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<tr><td><b>Comment Number: </b></td><td>531096-00199</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Received: </b></td><td>8/29/2007 1:16:00 PM</td></tr>

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<tr><td><b>Commenter: </b></td><td>Anand</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>State: </b></td><td>NY</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Agency: </b></td><td>Federal Trade Commission</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Rule: </b></td><td>Private Sector Use of SSNs</td></tr>

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<hr><P><b>Comments:</b></p> Forcing private sector to not use SSN as a identifier will reduce the number of identity thefts </body></html>�