Tuesday April 17, 2007 Weblog
Tuesday April 17, 2007 In the USA, the Social Security Number (SSN) is often the key to many organisations offering you some sort of service - especially where the service involves you making payments to them over a period of time.
For those who value their privacy and wish not to give out their SSN, this can be a limiting factor in the organisations with which they deal with, however, some are willing to waive that requirement if you pay some sort of fee up front.
The use of an up front fee (or bond) implicitly gives your privacy/SSN a value. How much is it? So far I have two cases to compare:
- satellite tv - $300
- mobile/cell phone contract - $500
What is your experience? Have you ever tried to obtain a service without divulging your SSN and been told that will cost you $X? How much would you pay to protect your privacy and not have to divulge your SSN?
( Apr 17 2007, 06:04:38 AM PDT ) Permalink Comments [2]
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Posted by Phil on April 18, 2007 at 10:55 PM PDT #
The "up front fee" is obviously what they would have made by selling your personal details with cross matching ability! ;)
Posted by Greg on January 03, 2008 at 10:24 PM PST #