California SSN and Encryption

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From: Roland Perry <roland@linx.net>

>>> 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?

>>I don't know what the law says but the paperwork for radiation film badges
>>in the early 1990s included NI number.  For disambiguation of names at work
>>we are using staff number if any or date of birth if not.

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>That message was *not* from me!!

I believe the first paragraph was you.  The second was me.  Apologies for not
deleting your sig.