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- From: tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
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- Subject: Re: Calif DMV DEMANDS SSN for Driver License!?
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- Date: 1 Jan 93 09:12:38 GMT
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- gallaghe@vax.sonoma.edu (Rip Torn) writes:
- >So its your choice, but I say don't do it, don't give up your right to
- >privacy. I wonder if you could take the dmv to small clames cort over this?
- >Who would you serve? The fed law states that failure to provide services
- >because someone will not give there ssn carries a min fine of $1000 (excluding
- >for tax and ssn uses.)
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- Federal law explicitly says states can use the SSN for the driver license
- number. This has been so for about 15 years.
-
- --Tim Smith
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