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Dot_Hack · 07-04-2011, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by TreyTrey12

No its not illegal; When you sign up for services such as phone/internet, you have to dish out your social number, which basically is your entire life in 9 digits.

There are background checks as well.

Its illegal if they choose to do something /with/ your identity. As it is a job, and they have waiver to do so. infact, you can actually buy private background checks which allow you to see a persons employment history, marriages, criminal records and etc.

After they type that number in there is no way for them to see it again (at least fully). If they wrote it down at the time, it would be illegal.

I think his main question was if it was legal to randomly check someones info even though it is not work related, which is illegal(in the U.S.)

olaph · 07-04-2011, 05:10 AM

Accessing confidential information outside the workplace for personal use can be illegal depending on what info is used. Even then if the person is caught they can be sued and get jail time.

Pok · 07-04-2011, 05:35 AM

I'm able to look at pretty much anyone's medical records, it is definitely not kosher to look up someones who you aren't working with (including your own).

olaph · 07-04-2011, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Pok

I'm able to look at pretty much anyone's medical records, it is definitely not kosher to look up someones who you aren't working with (including your own).

It will also get you fired 9/10, even if it's not "illegal" and in some cases can cause you to be investigated by certain authorities.

Hatashi · 07-04-2011, 06:37 AM

Alright, you guys seem to have helped me 3 full pages, so let me explain.

My friends grandma just moved into a house near the centrum of the city, like 1 minute walking to the shops and such, she's quite elder, she can go to the shops and buy herself food and things like that, but she can't do any hard work, and the house was in bad condition, now, my friend and his father and mother have been reconstructing the house for about two months, this took so long because they all have jobs and couldn't be there all the time, now the neighbor works at the community office or how you would call it, (where they make ID's and give you your drivers license and such), now recently my friends father or mother had been talking to the neighbor and he went all like ''I know all the information about you, I can check it anytime and I already did'' and along those lines, I wanted to be there to ask him what his reason exactly was to check my friends family information, because when I was there, the father himself went to the two neighbors to say the coming weeks there might be some noise and such.

And that kinda sums it up.

Paladuck · 07-04-2011, 06:42 AM

I would just let it go. It doesn't sound like the neighbor is threatening your family or anything. If you are really concerned you should find out where he works and then go complain to the neighbor's boss. But if you do that you'll be on the neighbor's shit list and you probably don't want to make trouble for your friend's grandma.

Yeah it was retarded for the neighbor to say that, but if there's a lesson you can learn from grade school it's this: just because you can tell on someone doesn't mean it's a good idea.

07-04-2011, 05:10 AM	#22 (permalink)
olaph Godly Viking Prince Join Date: May 2006 Location: With the Smurfs Posts: 9,925 Reputation: 150	Accessing confidential information outside the workplace for personal use can be illegal depending on what info is used. Even then if the person is caught they can be sued and get jail time. __________________

07-04-2011, 06:42 AM	#26 (permalink)
Paladuck Roon's Rogue Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Pond Posts: 4,270 Reputation: 260	I would just let it go. It doesn't sound like the neighbor is threatening your family or anything. If you are really concerned you should find out where he works and then go complain to the neighbor's boss. But if you do that you'll be on the neighbor's shit list and you probably don't want to make trouble for your friend's grandma. Yeah it was retarded for the neighbor to say that, but if there's a lesson you can learn from grade school it's this: just because you can tell on someone doesn't mean it's a good idea. __________________

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07-04-2011, 06:37 AM	#25 (permalink)
Hatashi Banned Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Chechnya Posts: 3,284 Reputation: 237	Alright, you guys seem to have helped me 3 full pages, so let me explain. My friends grandma just moved into a house near the centrum of the city, like 1 minute walking to the shops and such, she's quite elder, she can go to the shops and buy herself food and things like that, but she can't do any hard work, and the house was in bad condition, now, my friend and his father and mother have been reconstructing the house for about two months, this took so long because they all have jobs and couldn't be there all the time, now the neighbor works at the community office or how you would call it, (where they make ID's and give you your drivers license and such), now recently my friends father or mother had been talking to the neighbor and he went all like ''I know all the information about you, I can check it anytime and I already did'' and along those lines, I wanted to be there to ask him what his reason exactly was to check my friends family information, because when I was there, the father himself went to the two neighbors to say the coming weeks there might be some noise and such. And that kinda sums it up.