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Social Security Nos., Licenses a Risky Mix

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:20:24 AM
By DAVID A. LIEB

Karri Hoener, 28, of rural Owensville, Mo., poses with her recently renewed driver's license Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, in Jefferson City, Mo. Hoener's Social Security number will remain on her license for about six more years because she renewed it just before a recent federal ban preventing states from putting the number on drivers' licenses went into effect. Hoener said she opted to stay with her Social Security number because she has it memorized.(AP Photo/Kelley McCall)JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Millions of motorists across the nation are carrying around driver's licenses containing their Social Security numbers — a potential jackpot for identity thieves.

Privacy experts strongly warn against the practice. And a recent federal law ordered states to stop issuing licenses displaying Social Security numbers.

Yet some states continue to do so, a review by The Associated Press has found. And in other states that have dropped the practice, it could take up to eight years before people who have licenses with Social Security numbers on them are issued new ones.


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