Have you notice that you can barley get though all your junk mail and now your kids are getting junk mail. Sometimes they are receiving magazines in their names or even pre approved credit cards. How can this be when they don’t even have jobs?
Well, mom or dad you may be contributing to this madness. How many times this year have you given out your child’s social security number? Many doctor’s offices are asking for your child’s social security number now and if you are like most parents you give it out and not even think twice about it. Does your child have a credit union or bank account in their name? Are your children, (with your permission) giving their contact information on kid’s sites on
net?
These are all places that sometimes sell or share (as they like to state) information with their partner companies. This is only one way that some of these companies get your child’s information. Another way is if your child has a bank account. Some companies use databases of major credit reporting companies like Trans Union, Equifax, Experian or Innovis. After obtaining data then your child’s information goes into databases with everyone else and guess what…the company does not have a clue that this person is a minor.
