LegalDockets.com has a link to an interesting article about the problems posed by the use of the social security number as an all-purpose personal identifyer:

Identity theft: The social security number is the root of all evil?

The ChoicePoint and other recent data thefts have been hot in the news but I had decided not to post anything concerning this because 1)It's nothing new, and 2) It's gotten more than its share of press. However, I will continue to post selectively chosen articles in this area of public records v. privacy concerns now and then. One such article, No Security in SSNs?, by Susan Kuchinskas and posted on the internetnews.com site is worth a look.

LegalDockets also has a link over to Tamara Thompson's P.I. News blog where she provides a run-down and review of the latest happenings in the continuing personal-privacy imbroglio touched off by the recent Choicepoint data leak.

-- MDT

Labels: identity theft