Social Security Nos., Licenses a Risky Mix

The AP reports:

Millions of motorists across the nation are carrying around driver's licenses containing their Social Security numbers - a potential jackpot for identity thieves.

Privacy experts strongly warn against the practice. And a recent federal law ordered states to stop issuing licenses displaying Social Security numbers.

Yet some states continue to do so, a review by The Associated Press has found. And in other states that have dropped the practice, it could take up to eight years before people who have licenses with Social Security numbers on them are issued new ones.

A sampling of just 11 states by the AP identified more than 14 million motorists with Social Security numbers on their licenses.

Is the Department of Motor Vehicles going to hand you a Social Security check?