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<tr><td><b>Comment Number: </b></td><td>531096-00063</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Received: </b></td><td>8/4/2007 4:19:04 PM</td></tr>

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<tr><td><b>Commenter: </b></td><td>Dawson</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>State: </b></td><td>MA</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Agency: </b></td><td>Federal Trade Commission</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Rule: </b></td><td>Private Sector Use of SSNs</td></tr>

<tr><td>No Attachments</td></tr></Table>

<hr><P><b>Comments:</b></p>Any governmentally mandated number, such as the SSN or a driver's license number, should be restricted to the use for which it was developed. SSNs should be used only for Social Security-related business. All other uses should be required to use their own numbering system -- this includes the IRS for taxation purposes, each state for its own taxation, and all medical and insurance organizations. It should be illegal for any business, non-profit, or any other organization to require the use of any number issued by a government agency for another purpose, such as the SSN. Only by forbidding use of a common number is there any hope of reclaiming or preserving any level of privacy to Americans -- privacy from public-sector intrusion, tracking, and targeting as much as from governmental overreaching.</body></html>