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Group letter to House on Markup of Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2007

July 17, 2007
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The legislation will reduce the widespread availability of SSNs by prohibiting government and businesses from displaying SSNs on the Internet, on checks, on employee ID or benefit cards, on student ID cards, on patient cards, including Medicare cards, and on any other card used to access goods, services or benefits.

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