At 03:49 PM 5/21/01 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>So what's this Dept of HEW, and where's a real cite?
>
>-Declan
>
>On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 09:53:12AM -0700, David Honig wrote:
>> [1] From http://www.mind-trek.com/practicl/tl17b.htm
>>
>> However, one of the laws provision is not so well known or publicized.
>> According to the department of Health Education and
>> Welfare's publication, "Records, Computers and the Rights of Citizens," the
>> regulation provided that: "Any employee may have
>> his/her account number changed at any time by applying to the Social
>> Security Board and showing good reason for a change."
>> With that exception, only one account number will be assigned to an
employee.
>
In http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10064.html I found this:
Can I Get A New Social Security Number?
If you can prove that you're being disadvantaged because
someone used
your Social Security number, visit your local Social
Security office to
request a new one. If you've done all you can to fix the
problem and
someone is still using your number, under certain
circumstances, we may
assign you a new number. We can't guarantee, however,
that a new
number will solve your problem.
A new Social Security number will NOT be assigned if you
--
intend to avoid the law or your legal responsibility;
commit fraud or criminal action;
intend to avoid disclosing a poor credit or
criminal record;
filed for bankruptcy; or
have lost your Social Security card or it was
stolen, but there is no
evidence that your number is being used by someone
and you are
being disadvantaged by that use.
..........
Interesting that justicefiles.org started broadcasting when
a cop did "intend to avoid the law or your legal responsibility",
according to the former.
...........
I should think the Supremes ruling today (that publishing others' ill-gotten
info is legal) should exonerate folks like you (DMcC), and 'Emmanual
Goldstein' considerably.
Probably optimistic of me.
............
BTW, a SSN expresses a government's belief about a persons place of birth,
since it encodes that.
