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Your Social Security Number: Question why it’s needed.
Social Security numbers have become a common means of identification across America, even reaching beyond Government services to doctors, hospitals, and the like. And though the Government has had limited success reducing the use of the SSN, you have more control over who you allow to have access to it. This article by Suzanne Woolley appears at bloomberg.com and explains that when asked for your Social Security number, you should question why it’s needed, how it will be used, and what happens if you refuse to give it. Click here to read more.
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