When did Social Security cards bear the legend “NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION”?
The first Social Security cards were issued starting in 1936 and did not have this language. The Social Security Administration’s policy is that the Social Security card is not an identity document. The card only verifies that the SSN on the card is assigned to an individual whose name is on the card. It does not verify that the person presenting the card is the person named on the card. Therefore, the January 1946 version of the card first contained the language at the bottom of the card reading “FOR SOCIAL SECURITY PURPOSES — NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION.” Then the language was changed beginning with the September 1961 version of the card to read: “FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND TAX PURPOSES – NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION”. However, the language was removed beginning with the January 1972 version of the card because it was confusing to employers and others who viewed it because they were not sure whether to accept it as evidence of the individual’s SSN. The language has not been on subsequent versions
The first Social Security cards were issued starting in 1936, they did not have this legend. Beginning with the sixth design version of the card, issued starting in 1946, SSA added a legend to the bottom of the card reading “FOR SOCIAL SECURITY PURPOSES — NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION.” This legend was removed as part of the design changes for the 18th version of the card, issued beginning in 1972. The legend has not been on any new cards issued since 1972.
The first Social Security cards were issued starting in 1936, they did not have this legend. Beginning with the sixth design version of the card, issued starting in 1946, SSA added a legend to the bottom of the card reading “FOR SOCIAL SECURITY PURPOSES — NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION.” This legend was removed as part of the design changes for the 18th version of the card, issued beginning in 1972. The legend has not been on any new cards issued since 1972. the second is about the opt-in and opt-out in financial institutes’ ability to share customer data between their different divisions — i think but Robby’s note is hard to parse for this last. On 19 May 2002, Robby Dermody wrote: +If I remember correctly, the SSN originally came with the promise from +our ‘gobment’ (basically worthless these days) stating that it would +only be used for government-related activities, and there was +legislation protecting from its use in the corporate sector and +elsewhere. + +Well a few years ago it seems
