Greetings, I am a treasurer of a local union. Every month we receive a check from the company for union dues they have withheld from 200-300 employees' checks. Along with that check, we get a copy of names and SSN's of all employees that worked the previous month. Of course, that information is destroyed. Do you shop at Kroger's or Eagle's for groceries? Use their card for discounts? Then, wonder why the coupons they send you seem to match your spending habits? I don't know if it still exists, but there was a web site that monitored the flow of currency. People were putting in the serial numbers of bill, and the location where the bills were spent. When you read "1984" and wonder how the people let it happen. BUT, go back to the neighborhoods of 50-70 years ago. There was no privacy back then either. The "grandma's" knew everything that when on in their neighborhood. My Dad had a garage at home. One weekday, he was dressed in a suit. My Mom got two phone calls, the ladies wanted to know if one of his brothers had passed away. (We were going to a wedding.) Joanie Leslie Bagwell wrote: > > All of you can put your phone number in Google and your name and address > will come up. Then you can get a map. You can also click on the > telephone and have your number removed. > > There is no privacy anymore. I can put my name in and see where I have > posted to some of the boards. Our county is posting court information > with SSN, that includes building permits and deeds. You have to go to > the courthouse in person to have that removed. > > Leslie > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237