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bms
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It makes sense to praise what is good in the report, and give constructive criticism with actual suggestions for weak points or red flags.
Scaling back the use of ssn is good. However, it will most likely be replaced by another piece of identifying information, and that other identifying information will become the new problem.... Hence, it makes sense to render whatever information ends up in the wrong hands useless.
The strength of the report is in its recognition of the fact that ID theft is an international problem, and must be addressed so. Several recommendations for how to deal with international ID theft centers were good, and could be strengthened by incorporating them into the internaitonal private sector, as opposed to only the government sector.
The red flags are about privacy issues, and state jurisdiction....
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krishna
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Yes the strength of the report is in its recognition. But it is the fact that ID theft is an international problem. Several recommendations for how to deal with international ID theft centers were good, and could be strengthened by incorporating them into the internaitonal private sector.
krishna
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Yes the strength of the report is in its recognition. But it is the fact that ID theft is an international problem. Several recommendations for how to deal with international ID theft centers were good, and could be strengthened by incorporating them into the internaitonal private sector.
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Jim
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Although I have not had the privilege of reading the report, but would like to. If anyone can point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated.
I would like to add to the issue of doctor's offices asking for your Drivers License, and making a copy of it to put into your medical records. I have found no good reason for this, where your SSN and DL # should be in the same place. How dangerous is that?
I used to think that administrative personnel within a doctor's office could be paid to make copies of records with personal info, and provide that to unsavoury characters, but I found it to be much worse than that.
Everytime you visit your doctor, they ask you to verify your insurance information, which contains your SSN, amongst other sensitive info. What these offices do, is have you sign the form, and they place it in your record. What you don't see is that they pull out the form you signed from last visit and throw it in the trash. Crooks don't even have to pay to have admin folks copy the records....everything they need is now on one sheet of paper that gets thrown in the trash. When questioned, they told me that they shred everything. Not good enough for me.
Suggestion: Ask for the old form back and shred it yourself. Do not give a copy of your DL to them for copying. If they need a picture ID, give them a gym membership card, or something else with your picture on it.
Having your SSN and DL is carte blanche for these thieves.
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Pankaj Sonkusre
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Yes the strength of the report is in its recognition. But it is the fact that ID theft is an international problem. Several recommendations for how to deal with international ID theft centers were good, and could be strengthened by incorporating them into the internaitonal private sector.
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It did take the commission almost one full year to put together those 120 pages.
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You are correct, that everyone's SSN is probaly in dozens of databases right now. Real legislation should be to purge or convert any data over a few years old to a non SSN format.
We have to stop adding to that informtion. Recently I was asked by the orthodontist for my SSN when starting a payment plan for ortho work on my kids via a credit card. I asked why? They said we just need it. Ok then, at the risk of not getting completed treatments, I provided a nice random mix of numbers. Problem solved.