Patrick Baird, The Candid Private Investigator: FTC Workshop Concerning Social Security Number Access

Patrick Baird, The Candid Private Investigator

Hi, I’m Patrick Baird a Private Investigator with over 20 years experience in investigations, skip tracing, and collections. As a Licensed Private Investigator & Process Server in Texas I've gained the experience anyone would expect after two decades in the business.

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Thursday, October 11, 2007

FTC Workshop Concerning Social Security Number Access

On December 10 and 11, 2007, the Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop, “Security in Numbers: SSNs and ID Theft,” to explore the uses of Social Security numbers in the private sector and the role of SSNs in identity theft.

This workshop continues the work of the President’s Identity Theft Task Force, and, in particular, its recommendation to explore ways to reduce unnecessary uses of the SSN. The workshop will provide a forum for public-sector, private-sector, and consumer representatives to discuss the various uses of SSNs by the private sector, the necessity of those uses, alternatives available, the challenges faced by the private sector in moving away from using SSNs, and how SSNs are obtained and used by identity thieves.

The workshop will be free and open to the public.
More details are available at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/ssn/index.shtml

Be Involved & Informed!

Patrick L. Baird
Private Investigator