alloin wrote:Ukhata wrote:maybe its legal in the US, but in the Netherlands (where i am from) it most definatly is not legal for companies or even government offices to ask for and keep your ID on record. especially not WITH the social security number in the picture.
It's illegal to take a copy from someone else's passport in your country, it is however legal to ask for a copy, the person could easily remove the SSN.
i said it is illegal to ask for a copy of an ID AND keep it on record.
alloin wrote:It's common that it's asked to show your ID, without a copy being taken, but I don't think people would want to travel half the world to show their ID to me.
so you asked for a copy, which then i could not check if you kept it on record or not, as such it is considerd not legal.
alloin wrote:Ukhata wrote:as for *****, which part is? the fact that its not legal in the US or that it is a prelude to identity theft. please specify what parts when you comment.
For both...
well then, the part about it being legal or not in the USA, i do not know, it may be *****.
the part about identity theft being done when you have someone's ID AND SSN is absolutely not *****.