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- From: volpe@bart.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Christopher R Volpe)
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- Subject: Re: Calif DMV DEMANDS SSN for Driver License!?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.144707.23096@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 14:47:07 GMT
- References: <1h013iINNg88@news.cerf.net> <19DEC199213415306@vax.sonoma.edu>
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- In article <19DEC199213415306@vax.sonoma.edu>, gallaghe@vax.sonoma.edu (Rip Torn) writes:
- |> In article <1h013iINNg88@news.cerf.net>, rberger@nic.cerf.net (Robert J. Berger) writes...
- |> >I just got my California Drivers License Renewal form and at the top
- |> >it has a place for me to add my Social Security number. It does not seem to
- |> >meet the Federal Privacy Act's requirements for a State Govt agency to
- |> >demand a SSN.
- |> >
- |> >Does anyone know what the proper way to handle this?
- |> >
- |> Not yet, but were working on it. Buy looking over the law, the california
- ^^^^ we're ^^^ By
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- |> requirement would probibly fall to a cort battle, but that cort battle could
- ^^^^^^^^ probably ^^^^ court ^^^^ court
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- |> be costly. One of my co workers is battling the local dmv now. and will
- ^^-^^^^^^^ hyphen
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- |> probibly no get his licence issued, so he will problibly op to get a nevada
- ^^^^^^^^ ^^ probably not ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ probably opt
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- |> licence through a mail drop (this is also good if you wan't to buy guns in
- ^^^^^ want
-
- |> nevada :)
- |>
- |> Also on the same note, I have another friend who registers his car out of
- |> state. He filed a ficticious name statment and has a mail drop out of
- ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
- fictitious statement
-
- |> state, the car is owned by the company stated on the ficticious name statment.
- ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
- fictitious statement
-
- |> He clames this is legal since the car is a company car from out of state and
- |> he doesn't have to go through half the bull that california makes us do and
- |> it costs him much less money.
- |>
- |> So its your choice, but I say don't do it, don't give up your right to
- ^^^ it's
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- |> privacy. I wonder if you could take the dmv to small clames cort over this?
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^
- small-claims court
-
- |> Who would you serve? The fed law states that failure to provide services
- ^^^ Whom
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- |> because someone will not give there ssn carries a min fine of $1000 (excluding
- ^^^^^ their
- |> for tax and ssn uses.)
- |>
- |>
- |> Rip
-
- Whassa mattur, Rip? Is yur speling checkir brokun? Get a cloo.
-
- -Chris
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