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Senate budget may shut door on ‘Master Death File’
The budget compromise heading to President Obama’s desk for his signature includes a provision to limit access to one of the most common vehicles for identity theft: the Social Security Administration’s “Master Death File.” The online index, which includes records of the more than 85 million deaths reported to the agency since 1936, was designed to help researchers, insurers and investigators verify deaths. But it has also given criminals ready access to a trove of Social Security numbers...Read More
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