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PhillyGuy

06-12-2017 11:41 AM

How far can eBay and PayPal go ??

They're not a financial institution, why do they request SSN ??

What do they do with them ??

JamesNorth101

06-12-2017 12:11 PM

Re: How far can eBay and PayPal go ??

Its a US tax requirement

dallis

06-12-2017 08:35 PM

Re: How far can eBay and PayPal go ??

Because the federal government says so.

Don't forget the song: I fought the law, and the law won.

PhillyGuy

06-13-2017 12:05 PM

Re: How far can eBay and PayPal go ??

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesNorth101 (Post 852168)

Its a US tax requirement

How do they verify that a social security number is valid

pennslmmer

06-13-2017 01:46 PM

Re: How far can eBay and PayPal go ??

they run everything, including your driver license number too i believe

rsot	06-13-2017 01:54 PM

Re: How far can eBay and PayPal go ??

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillyGuy (Post 852334)

How do they verify that a social security number is valid

Algorithms...all based on algorithms for ease of processing...

aspkin

06-13-2017 02:24 PM

Re: How far can eBay and PayPal go ??

KYC & Tax purposes.

They can go as far as they'd like but if they push too hard people will go to other options.

dallis

06-13-2017 02:38 PM

Re: How far can eBay and PayPal go ??

They can only confirm that the SSN is valid, not who it belongs to.

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