SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER SECURITY? – CONSUMER REPORTS ADVICE MISSES A KEY COMPONENT.

“Inside”, the newsletter of Consumer Reports, this week ran a short article on “Safeguarding your Social Security Number”. Missing from its discussion of protection was a key and critical element.

The good advice from Consumer Reports?

-- Don’t carry your SSN
-- Don’t put documents with your SSN in your mailbox for pickup.
-- Don’t give your SSN to anyone – unless absolutely necessary.
-- Get your SSN off pay stubs
-- Don’t throw away old insurance cards, pay stubs, or anything with your SSN into the trash.

Missing from these recommendations – find out if someone else is using or has used your SSN. How? By checking over 85,000 databases for name, address, SSN combinations to ensure that your SSN is secure. If not, there are specific actions you can take to make yourself secure.

KnightsBridge Castles SSNWatch service (http://www.ssnwatch.com/) provides you with this capability.