Social security numbers and ID theft
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Social security numbers and ID theft
（Privacy and identity protection series）
Nova Science, c2010
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Includes index
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Description
This book explores the use of Social Security Numbers (SSN) and Identity Theft. The SSN was created in 1936 for the purpose of tracking workers' earnings for benefits purposes. Since that time, however, SSN usage has expanded to encompass a myriad of purposes well beyond the operation of the Social Security system. This book describes how criminals acquire SSNs and how they use them to commit identity theft. How organisations such as financial institutions, insurers, universities, health care entities, government agencies, and innumerable other organisations use this nine-digit sequence as a default identifier is also examined. Furthermore, existing statutes, regulations and private sector efforts designed to protect SSNs are looked at, including data security and data breach notification laws. This book concludes with specific FTC recommendations, which address both the supply and demand aspects of the SSN problem by proposing actions that would make SSNs less available to identify thieves, and would make it more difficult for them to misuse those SSNs they are able to obtain. This is an edited, excerpted and augmented edition of a Federal Trade Commission and GAO publication.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Security in Numbers - SSNs and ID Theft
- Social Security Numbers: Federal Actions Could Further Decrease Availability in Public Records, through Other Vulnerabilities Remain
- Social Security Numbers Are Widely Available in Bulk and Online Records, but Changes to Enhance Security Are Occurring
- Staff Summary of Comments and Information Received Regarding the Private Sector's Use of Social Security Numbers
- The Social Security Number: Legal Developments Affecting Its Collection, Disclosure and Confidentiality
- Index.
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