[Foundation-l] Where we are headed

[Anthere]

Michael Snow wrote:
> Anthere wrote:
> 
> 
>>Dunno what are SSN's and EIN...
> 
> 
> SSN = Social Security Number
> Used as an identifying number for US citizens (and legal residents) in a 
> lot of settings, especially financial. Knowledge of someone's number has 
> great potential to allow identity theft, so should not be published 
> under any circumstances.
> EIN = Employer Identification Number
> Assigned mostly to corporations for tax purposes. Not used for as many 
> other things as an SSN, so there's a lot less potential for misuse. One 
> use of interest to us is that if a company has a charitable giving 
> program in which employees can have an amount withheld from their 
> paychecks to the charity of their choice, the company would need the 
> charity's EIN. I'm not aware of any serious problem for a nonprofit 
> publishing this number (the American Red Cross publishes theirs on their 
> website). In fact, I've suggested putting ours out there in order to 
> make it easier for companies to add us to gift-matching programs, but 
> I'm not aware that this has been done yet.
> 
> --Michael Snow


Okay.
Yes, we received such propositions from employees (donations to a 
charity from their paychecks). afaik, that number is not published. That 
might be a choice.
An alternative is that such programs must be made available by the 
employer himself, who can contact us beforehand (through OTRS...) and 
make the number available for the employees.

Michael ? opinion ?

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