Identity theft growing quickly many push for more privacy
All a good con artist needs to run up credit-card bills in your name is your Social Security number.While Congress and the Federal Trade Commission are looking for elaborate ways to fight identity theft, some government offices make Social Security numbers easy to come by.
The Mississippi State Tax Commission, for instance, posts the numbers on mailing labels it provides for individuals to mail in their state income tax returns.
“It’s something we’re working to eliminate,” said Bobby Long, a spokesman for the Tax Commission. The agency will change the labeling system when it upgrades its income-tax computer system in 2003, he said.
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