Reserve America requires SS number?
Just spent an hour on reserve america, where I've booked camp sites for several years. It was not a fake site as I could look around at campsites, etc. I went to book and it said I am required to pu...
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mleekamp cited the text of the law, but the link for it is here. So this is just a Kansas thing.
WI does not require SS# to make camping reservations.
I really think this paranoia over stuff like is kind of funny. I'm not trying to be offensive to anyone, but it is naive to think that you have any level of privacy. Do you use a credit card? Then there is more information about you in the hands of private parties than you can possibly imagine. Do you have retail loyalty cards? Now you've given away more information. Target is just one company among many that does heavy marketing research, and here is what they are able to do with that information about us.
And of course you do use the Internet. Do you realize that even though you clear your browser's cache and run a fire wall, that everything you do on the net is cached on various servers and networking equipment? Its not done to track you, but to speed up your experience. but what could be done with that data?...
Privacy is a myth. We lost it long before the Internet came along. That doesn't mean I agree with collecting SS#s, but don't think that keeping your SS# a secret is keeping your personal info private. Not even close.
aruba5er wrote:
I don't think this is just a Kansas thing. If you want a hunting or fishing license in Wisconsin you must give your SS. They told me the same thing. So they can collect child support. I don't make reservations so i've never been asked. Heck, in dealing with the goverment ( and Reserve America probably ) has your information already. I know in Georgia and Florida give them your phone number and they will have everything on you already, probably even know about the mole on your left butt cheek.
WI does not require SS# to make camping reservations.
I really think this paranoia over stuff like is kind of funny. I'm not trying to be offensive to anyone, but it is naive to think that you have any level of privacy. Do you use a credit card? Then there is more information about you in the hands of private parties than you can possibly imagine. Do you have retail loyalty cards? Now you've given away more information. Target is just one company among many that does heavy marketing research, and here is what they are able to do with that information about us.
And of course you do use the Internet. Do you realize that even though you clear your browser's cache and run a fire wall, that everything you do on the net is cached on various servers and networking equipment? Its not done to track you, but to speed up your experience. but what could be done with that data?...
Privacy is a myth. We lost it long before the Internet came along. That doesn't mean I agree with collecting SS#s, but don't think that keeping your SS# a secret is keeping your personal info private. Not even close.
