Why Was Google Collecting the Last Four Digits of Kids’ Social Security Numbers for an Art Contest?

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Google could easily have guessed the remainder of the numbers from the other information they collected.

Google asked parents to enter the last four digits of their children’s Social Security Numbers, as well as their city of birth and age, as a condition to enter a Google-sponsored art contest.

 

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