Still funny to hear that everyone in the US has a social security number, although there is no public healthcare for everybody. And I always thought it's the la

Still funny to hear that everyone in the US has a social security number, although there is no public healthcare for everybody. And I always thought it's the land of unlimited freedom, doesn't seem to apply to privacy. I have a social security number too, but I need it to get free (actually less expensive) healthcare. Not for opening a bank account. I think in my country nobody except health care is allowed to process social security numbers, because it's considered private information. They are not allowed to store them. If they get them by accident they need to delete them ;)