Comments on: Do You Have Your Social Security Number on Your Drivers License? http://allfinancialmatters.com/2006/02/07/do-you-have-your-social-security-number-on-your-drivers-license/ A personal finance blog dedicated to discussing such topics as budgeting, asset allocation, 401K, IRA, cash flow, insurance, financial planning, portfolio management, and other areas in personal finance. Tue, 22 May 2012 02:48:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: sam http://allfinancialmatters.com/2006/02/07/do-you-have-your-social-security-number-on-your-drivers-license/comment-page-1/#comment-1582 sam Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:18:13 +0000 http://www.allthingsfinancialblog.com/2006/02/07/do-you-have-your-social-security-number-on-your-drivers-license/#comment-1582 Utah has my SSN on my drivers license, issued in 2001. My health insurance used to have the SSN as the ID number, but changed a year or so ago. I have ended up shredding a stack of old correspondence from them because every sheet has my SSN on it. What bothers me is my Discover Card statement. It usually runs 4 or 5 pages with all the adverts, convenience checks, fine print, and so on, and they print the card number at the top of every page. It keeps my shredder busy. Remember when people used to get their SSN printed on their checks right under the address because so many stores would ask for your SSN and write it on the check? How times have changed. Utah has my SSN on my drivers license, issued in 2001. My health insurance used to have the SSN as the ID number, but changed a year or so ago. I have ended up shredding a stack of old correspondence from them because every sheet has my SSN on it.

What bothers me is my Discover Card statement. It usually runs 4 or 5 pages with all the adverts, convenience checks, fine print, and so on, and they print the card number at the top of every page. It keeps my shredder busy.

Remember when people used to get their SSN printed on their checks right under the address because so many stores would ask for your SSN and write it on the check? How times have changed.

]]> By: Nick http://allfinancialmatters.com/2006/02/07/do-you-have-your-social-security-number-on-your-drivers-license/comment-page-1/#comment-1575 Nick Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:49:03 +0000 http://www.allthingsfinancialblog.com/2006/02/07/do-you-have-your-social-security-number-on-your-drivers-license/#comment-1575 Like Chrees, I used to have a medical insurance card with my SSN on it. I had it in my wallet for a couple of years until new ones were issued. Then when I went to throw away the old one, I noticed the ink from it had bled onto the wallet and permanently marked my SSN into one of the transparent card holders. I actually shredded the card holders. Fortunately they were detachable. Like Chrees, I used to have a medical insurance card with my SSN on it. I had it in my wallet for a couple of years until new ones were issued. Then when I went to throw away the old one, I noticed the ink from it had bled onto the wallet and permanently marked my SSN into one of the transparent card holders. I actually shredded the card holders. Fortunately they were detachable.

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]]> By: henry http://allfinancialmatters.com/2006/02/07/do-you-have-your-social-security-number-on-your-drivers-license/comment-page-1/#comment-1572 henry Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:50:43 +0000 http://www.allthingsfinancialblog.com/2006/02/07/do-you-have-your-social-security-number-on-your-drivers-license/#comment-1572 Most states probably had SSN's on thier licenses for decades before ID theft was even an issue. Guess they haven't gotten around to changing them yet. Bureaucracy moves pretty slowly. Most states probably had SSN’s on thier licenses for decades before ID theft was even an issue.

Guess they haven’t gotten around to changing them yet. Bureaucracy moves pretty slowly.

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