Social Security Numbers: A Case Study

1. Case Study:  “Don’t Let Crooks Steal Your Identity: How to Protect Yourself-and Your Credit Rating” (p. 225)

The first social security program did not form until 1935. After 1935 the civil war had ended but had left hundreds and thousands of widows and orphans as well as disabled veterans. Right after the war the rate of disabled veterans increased. Many people that were once bread winners had lost it all, which brought upon a generous pension plan. This pension plan had close similarities to the development of social security (Armstrong, 1932).

During the Great Depression people lost their jobs and didn 't have money available when they retired. Franklin Roosevelt wanted citizens to have money available if they became unable to work anymore or not start work at all because of an unforeseen event in their life. By reading the debate and ideas of the Act, a better understanding of how the Social Security Act came to be can be gained. The Social Security Act was created in 1935 for people that are disabled who can 't work at all and for citizens that work to have money put into social security and available after retirement. It was used to help citizens after the Great Depression who lost their jobs. This act would help citizens that work to have benefits by having employers pay into a trust fund, so money would be available to employees after they retire or become disabled while working.

The first Social Security Numbers(SSN) were first issued in 1936. These cards each all have their own number used to track the earning histories of U.S. Workers. The cards also were used to determine Social Security benefit entitlement and benefit levels. The use of the SSN later expanded in terms of use. “As of December2008, the Social Security Administration (SSA) had issued over 450 million original SSNs, and nearly every legal resident of the United States had one” (Carolyn Puckett). The SSN led to what is mostly used today to identify and gather information on a person. This method is particularly used when applying for jobs.

Social Security Number of an Individual - The number one priority would be to keep the SSN confidential, this information does not need to be accessed by most individuals. Behind that integrity would be the next priority, to make sure this matches up with the individual at hand. Third of course would have to be availability, without this information, it could prove to be difficult to verify someones identity.

In an Health and Social care environment every employer and employee needs to have an ID/lanyards or some kind of ID so employers and service users know who you are these

It is also possible that medical record could be breach. For example, if someone was to misplace their phone, someone other than that person can access that phone and retrieve information. For the last few weeks of discussing this subject, I strongly believed this was a very good idea, but now I having second thought because of an issue that happened with me a day ago. I had someone to call me to scam me stating I owed some money. It is very scary how this lady knew so much of my information. She was able to tell me my address and other important information that I don’t give out to just anyone. I can’t blame it on social media because I don’t interact on social media. I said that to say I know people can acquire any information online if they look hard enough. But, on the positive note it will allow quick access to that person medical care information which can be a powerful tool that will allow that person to take ownership of his/her

First, I want to thank those that were able to make it out today to the meeting. Your attendance was a progressive step towards completing this Healthcare fair's mission. For further meeting dates, a link will be sent out in the next few days to take votes on the most convenient dates and time for us all. To build great teamwork, there must first be people. I envision unity amongst this team and I hope we all can come to an agreement on the next meeting dates.

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This goal is a person centric healthcare which is grounded in the idea that an individual should be able to “securely access, control, amend and make other choices regarding the use and disclosure of their electronic individually identifiable health information”. I think this goal will be needing further development and time.

The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) was founded in August 14, 1935 as an outcome of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second New Deal. As an attempt to prevent future destituion such as the one the nation was experiencing currently in the Great Depression, the program guaranteed an income for the unemployed and retirees 65 or older. Franklin D. Roosevelt created this in an "executive order.” The President put this into action by issuing an Executive Order. In the years following, the only changes to the program have been to expand the coverage for workers and increase benefits provided. To this day, the SSA still functions as a major dependency of Americans.

There are many places that use Social Security numbers as a primary key to identify individuals. If you think about it, almost every place that adds you into a system requires you to submit your Social Security number. I feel indifferent about this topic. Yes, the use of Social Security as a primary key imposes a huge risk to an individual's security but it's so common for it to be asked these days that a Social Security number loses it's "security" purpose. There have been many data breaches that resulted in theft of personal information such as Social Security numbers. Social Security numbers don't feel like something that needs to be private anymore just because every organizations asks you for it and put you in risk of identity theft.

Privacy of health information has become an area of emphasis across the healthcare industry. It is important to understand what data is protected under federal regulations, how it can be shared, and how to prevent any accidental exposure of protected data. It is possible that data that should be protected can be exposed without anyone even realizing a violation has occurred. Exposure of protected healthcare data can result in medical identity theft and is therefore a very important and hot topic. The security and privacy of healthcare data is necessary to ensure consumer confidence in the healthcare industry and to prevent medical identity theft.

The definition of Identity theft is when someone “knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person with intent to commit, or to aid and abet, or in connection with, any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of federal law, or that constitutes a felony under any applicable State or local law” (Finklea, 2009, p. 2).The use of social security numbers has taken identity theft to the extreme. It was originally used as a tax identifiable number. Now it is being used for job applications, bank accounts, Medicare, and welfare approvals. With the social security number on several different applications, this is opening the door for numerous identity theft opportunities.

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