California SSN and Encryption

[Roland Perry]

In message <3D2F351E.82A4D4EA@btinternet.com>, Jeremy Barker 
<jeremy.barker@btinternet.com> writes
>> There's a strong impression amongst many UK institutions that it's
>> illegal under UK law to use the NI numbers for any purpose other than
>> gathering NI. For example, as a way to identify employees for more
>> general (including IT related) purposes. Does anyone know if this is an
>> urban myth?
>
>There's no explicit law to that effect but I suppose you could argue that the Data
>Protection Act should prevent use for illicit purposes.

Although true, that wasn't really what I was getting at.

It's a suggestion that using an NI number at all, apart from its core 
use, is either a breach of the third principle, or of Crown Copyright, 
or both.
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