“Most banks can sell your information-your balances, your address, your Social Security number-without your permission. That's violating your confidentiality. That's breaking your trust. I think it's important to change that, don't you?”
Richard Shelby
“The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.”
Dave Barry
“The Social Security number is the Holy Grail. It's the one piece of information about a person that can be used to unlock all other pieces of their personal information.”
John Pironti
“Many companies accept publicly available information such as a Social Security number as a means of [partly] authenticating a user. This is a typical policy problem where government, law enforcement and the technology industry need to work together to encourage proper authentication methods.”
Fred Schneider
“The absolute worst piece of information that can get out is your Social Security number.”
Avivah Litan
“Your social security number is one of your most critical pieces of information that you will have in your entire lifetime. Simply not having that on as many pages or on any pages that are being circulated can make a difference.”
Kelly Rodrigue
“People have gone online and been able to find information like names, addresses, social security numbers, financial data and [information about] divorce and civil suits. And that's a dangerous thing.”
Richard Dymalski
