Social Security Numbers on campus: Will new legislation force campuses to deep 6 the 9-digits?
“We are talking about one of the largest-growing crimes in America, with literally hundreds of thousands of victims a year. It is called identity theft … The average identity theft costs $17,000. The average length of time it takes an individual to recover their identity … is a year and a half. It is a substantial and serious crime.
Now, what is the most common personal identifier that is stolen? It is the Social Security number. Because with that and a driver’s license, … you can go out and assume another’s identity and proceed to commit a felony crime.”
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, California, Senate Committee on Finance, July 11, 2002
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