[clue-talk] national ID card

[Yaverot]

|>One problem is that giving out your SSN used to be (pre-9/11, not sure what
|>happened since - I think Know Your Customer would override that at a bare
|>minimum for banks) opt-in, too, with two exceptions, IIRC: 1. Under a
|>subpoena, and 2. Taxes.


|>Every other disclosure was supposedly "voluntary". Know too many people that
|>put that into practice?

My last 3 employers have been annoyed at my requiring them to pull out the Privacy Act statements for the I-9 & W-4. 
Everyone else I remind them that that number is not a means of identification (it says so right on the card), and I will not aid and abet them in violating law. Most places back down when I say that, a few will quickly find law references.