rmalarz wrote:
Paypal does have an option to input your SS number on their site. I'd recommend NOT doing that. If I'm not mistaken, the SS number was created and was to be used solely for purposes involving SS related matters only. I believe this was part of the Freedom of Information Act passed in 1971. That may have changed, but I've not researched it.
--Bob
Originally it was only legal to use your SSN for employment records (for collecting SS taxes) and SS benefits. You were NOT to use it for anything else. Wether the law changed or the gubmint just looks the other way IDK.