From Ann Carns, writing in the New York Times
"Bucks" column:
I wrote this week about expanded online services offered by the Social Security Administration through its My Social Security Web site.
In
response, a Bucks reader wrote to express his disappointment that,
because he had a security freeze on his credit reports, he had been
unable to create an online account...
Mark Hinkle, a spokesman for the agency, said My Social Security works
through Experian, one of the three major credit bureaus, to verify the
identities of people setting up online accounts. When you go online to
register, the agency’s system performs a so-called “soft” inquiry of
your Experian credit file. If a freeze is in place, your information
can’t be accessed and you can’t create an account, at least not without
jumping through some extra hoops.
3 comments:
isn't the credit reporting freeze doing exactly what it's supposed to? so these people are either mad at SSA for verifying the account creator before giving up a person's earnings info, etc., or mad at the credit reporting bureau for not allowing the type of activity you asked them to not allow in the first place.
Americans...
What if you have no credit history? I was unable to create an account online.
"I was unable to create an account online." If you can't setup a "my Social Security" account online yourself, only a Social Security office can possibly help you set it up.
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