10 Riskiest Places to Give Your Social Security Number

McAfee, the antivirussoftware company, recently released a list of the most dangerous placesto give your Social Security number. Many of the places on the listmight surprise you:

1. Universities and colleges, 2. Banking and financial institutions, 3. Hospitals 4. State governments,5. Local government, 6. Federal government,7. Medical businesses (These are businesses that concentrateon services and products for the medical field, such as distributors ofdiabetes or dialysis supplies, medical billing services, pharmaceuticalcompanies, etc.),8. Non-profit organizations,9. Technology companies,10. Health insurers and medical offices.

If youhave time to check e-mail and a social networking site, you can findtime to check your bank and credit-card accounts. And takeadvantage of the free credit report you’re entitled to once a year fromeach of the three credit bureaus — Experian, Equifax and TransUnion.

2010-12-28