Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 08:28:40 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, <dan@langille.org>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: US checking accounts for non-US residents Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0106270805490.80919-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10106270521570.62395-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Jamie Bowden wrote: :No, you do not need an SSN to get a driver's license. Any state that :attempts to make it a requirement is in violation of Federal law. Anyone :who asks for your SSN for any reason other than to be able to report tax :info to the IRS is in violation of Federal law. This is simply not true. A government agency that asks for your SSN has to provide a Privacy Act notice, which explains what law allows them to ask, whether you are required to provide it, and what happens if you don't. Private parties have much more freedom, though some states have restrictions, such as not allowing a merchant to write your SSN on your check. If a company wants your SSN, theres not a whole lot you can do past refusing to give it to them, and taking your buisness elsewhere (and make clear to management exactly why you're doing so). That's difficult if your electric company wants it. CPSR have a good FAQ about this at http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/privacy/ssn/ssn.faq.html David -- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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