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Article: How Your Social Security Number Is Used.
- Article from:
- Consumers' Research Magazine
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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The increasing demand for personal information in our society is tough to ignore. Much of this helps the wheels of commerce (and government) turn, allowing for the speed of many of our routine financial transactions and purchases. But there is serious concern that the resulting side-effects have not been fully appreciated, as with the widespread use of Social Security numbers. The following article, drawn from a recent General Accounting Office report,(*) looks at just how this single number can become the key to numerous aspects of our lives. --Ed.
Over the years, the Social Security number (SSN) has come to be viewed by many as a national identifier because ...