Stop Using Social Security Numbers
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Why are Social Security numbers still being used as identifiers? - It seems that there are abundant data to show that governments, institutions, universities and a myriad of other agencies / facilities cannot secure data bases sufficiently. Here is the latest example:
“A laptop stolen during a recent blood drive contained sensitive information on 268,000 Minnesota-region blood donors, Memorial Blood Centers say.”
link: Stolen Laptop Contained Blood Donor Data
Now, the Memorial Blood Centers will stop using Social Security numbers as identifiers. Isn’t this a bit late? It is like ‘closing the barn door’ after all the livestock has been stolen.
The consequence is that over a quarter million Minnesota blood donors are at risk of identity theft. Their data can be sold and marketed. - Don’t expose your Social Security number unless it is absolutely necessary. It increases your financial risk significantly.
Catherine Forsythe
Director of Operations
FlyingHamster: http://flyinghamster.com/
Tags: social security numbers, identifier, data breach, privacy, security, identity theft, risk, minnesota, blood donors
One Comment
Wayne
December 9th, 2007
at 2:54pm
It’s to late to fix privacy , that’s why they let it go so long , so they can make money , now they are ging to protect for cash, their the ones who let your privacy out anyhow that was the plan.
Wake up America , can’t you see??
Just recentley your drivers license had your social security on them , now they changed that, and pretend that never was.
So where was the security then your country did that to ya!!