Yes. Every company that uses it treats it like some kind of super secret password. Which is obviously BS, because you've already given it out to a bunch of other companies.
That's what the SSN was supposed to be. But then banks and other non-government institutions started using it for identity verfication. Tragedy of the commons, basically.
And there are very strict rules on the limited number of things you can use it for and one large UK company I worked at we got read the riot act that it was instant dismissal (gross misconduct) to break the rules.
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Yes. Every company that uses it treats it like some kind of super secret password. Which is obviously BS, because you've already given it out to a bunch of other companies.
How very strange. Surely something will have to change soon with the Equifax hack etc.
We have something similar over here, an National Insurance number but it's only needed for employers or claiming benefits.
That's what the SSN was supposed to be. But then banks and other non-government institutions started using it for identity verfication. Tragedy of the commons, basically.
And there are very strict rules on the limited number of things you can use it for and one large UK company I worked at we got read the riot act that it was instant dismissal (gross misconduct) to break the rules.