I received an envelope from the State of California Employment Development Department(for disability), and on the address window of the envelope, it clearly states "SOCIAL SECURITY NO." and has my NINE digit SSN in plain view! I'm afraid of being a victim of identity theft. What do I do now? Do I/can I sue them? Do I need to change my SSN?
2007-09-21 11:18:45 · 3 answers · asked by Makana 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I don't think you'll suffer any real harm. But I do suggest you do two things:
1. Go to annualcreditreport.com and view your credit reports for free. You might want to space them out and do 1 credit bureau now, and the others at 4 month intervals. Look for any fraudulent activity or inaccuracies. You should do this anyway, but now you have an excuse.
If you are really paranoid, I believe California has a credit freeze program that you can freeze your credit so no new accounts are opened unless you unfreeze it first with a secret code.
2. You should contact the employment development department and also your state legislators offices to tell them they need to knock this stuff off.
2007-09-21 11:36:39 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Pennybags 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find out who authorized this first of all. I mean the actual legislators who allowed this. Then sue them personally. For more info on how to do this see me.
2007-09-21 11:33:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trying to win the courtroom lottery, no, nothing you can do.
You probably asked for the information to be sent via email.
2007-09-21 11:29:50 · answer #3 · answered by Chunky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋