[Politech] Another reason blood banks shouldn't use SSNs [priv]

From: Declan McCullagh (declan@private)
Date: Wed Dec 22 2004 - 20:42:37 PST


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Subject: Blood Banks and SS#s
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:57:52 -0500
From: Kelly Talcott <kdtalcott@private>
Reply-To: Kelly Talcott <kdtalcott@private>
To: declan@private, rjones@private

Another reason to urge your local blood bank to stop using Social
Security numbers as a form of identification:

http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-5500114.html

100,000 California donors receive identity theft warning after a
single laptop is stolen from a mobile blood bank.  It was being used
to register donors.  "The blood bank will no longer require Social
Security numbers from its donors, and has revised procedures for
handling computer hardware and other sensitive equipment."

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