SOCIAL INSURANCE NUMBER

Various news items in English from around the world that are social insurance number related.

 

Social Insurance Number News

The following are news items that feature references to social insurance numbers. The news feed is updated 24/7 so check back and even try refreshing the page for new news items.


Ask Your Government: Reader asks about Medicare card number
In-Forum
Dear Teri, My question is: Is there a way to have a different number on one's Medicare card? My question is: Is there a way to have a different number on one's Medicare card? My concern: After years of locking up my Social Security number, ...

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Audit: Md. inmates had access to patients' Social Security numbers
Washington Examiner
Maryland prison inmates were allowed access to the Social Security numbers and other personal information of participants in the state's Medicaid program, a new state audit reveals. Participants in Maryland Correctional Enterprises, a program that ...

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Social Security death file mistakes hit home for chief of the agency
San Angelo Standard Times
Scripps also uncovered dozens of cases in 11 states where ID thieves used the Social Security numbers, available in the file, to try to profit from the deaths of children. The thieves filed phony tax returns claiming the dead children as dependents and ...

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CBC.ca

Privacy watchdog to probe UVic in security breach
Vancouver Sun
The data stolen included names, payroll information and social insurance numbers of UVic employees dating back to Jan. 1, 2010. BC law requires that public and private organizations take reasonable measures to protect personal information, ...
UVic President Announces Sweeping Review of SecurityCTV Vancouver Island
Break-in compromises University of Victoria employees' personal informationCanadian University Press Newswire
UVic had technology in place to prevent data theftPeninsula News Review

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Inmates on unemployment II, more abuse revealed
CBS 21
“It just amazes me in our day and age with the technology we have that something as easy as cross referencing a social security number seems to be such a big deal,” Smith added. We first contacted the State Department of Labor and Industry, ...

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