Giving your SSN

[ningaming]

hey guys,

I have been reading your ad revenues forum for about a week now, and I decided to ask my questoin.

Why must I give my SSN to all the ad companies? I really don't feel comfortable giving it out to companies, not to mention a lot of the forms you fill out aren't even on SSL (secure)

My site got about 200 hits today, and I am expecting that to grow, I have searched around for a good ad revenues company, but most of the ones I am interested in make me give my SSN. I guess this is the only way, if I want to make some cash....right?

[Cheap Bastard]

http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=2725&highlight=SSN

[ningaming]

i should have searched for SSN...............................anway, my spaceports banner program doesn't ask for my SSN, so i wonder how they get away with it..........

[Cheap Bastard]

that would probably be because canadian companies don't have to pay US taxes...

spaceports is owned by tera-byte, both based in canada.

[PWR_Paul_Banker]

you need to be suspicious of any US-based company that doesn't ask for a SSN. you're asking for trouble.

[ningaming]

heh, that's true......

I just wish i knew that the forms im using are secure

[niv]

that's why verisign exists.

[danushman]

SSN is used for taxes.

And dkAds' had this same issue come up, since then we have provided a secure online form.

Regards,
Dan