[Nfbf-l] Social Security

[David Evans]

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Dear All,
Federal law requires the Social Security Administration to communicate in 
writing and is very leery of e-mail as hackers and fishing artist already 
try to use real looking e-mails to try to get your personal info, like your 
name, address and social security number and birth date with real looking 
fake e-mails.  How will you tell the fakes from the real?
Think about the can of worms you are opening?

David Evans, NFBF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Anspach" <danspach at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "'NFB of Florida Listserv'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Social Security


> Hello John,
> Like you, I have not heard of any legal action etc. against the SSA 
> because
> of their non-use of accessible materials for blind beneficiaries. Well
> apparently, the ACB has filed a class action lawsuit against the SSA for
> their failure to provide communications etc. from the SSA to blind
> beneficiaries. The suit claims the rehabilitation act  passed in the early
> 70's, I think, is the law being violated.
>
> To find more about the lawsuit, You have to really dig on the internet via 
> a
> Google search to find it, but here is a link that describes this class
> action lawsuit:
> http://www.ssa.gov/pgm/classaction.htm
>
> Personally speaking, it would be nice to receive communications from the 
> SSA
> in electronic format, but I'm not going to go out and sue them over it. I
> have no problem using my scanner and OCR software to scan and then read 
> any
> documents I receive from the SSA. SSA is in enough financial uncertainty
> without forcing them to now retain legal counsel to fend off another
> lawsuit. I'm sure they have lawyers on staff for suits like this, but I
> would like to think that money spent on this lawsuit might be better spent
> elsewhere. This is just my opinion, however.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of John
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 11:42 AM
> To: 'NFB of Florida Listserv'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Social Security
>
> Hello Sheila,
> I am not sure what law you are under the impression is being violated by 
> you
> receiving a standard form letter in the mail. I am not aware of any such
> law. It would surely take some imagination to shoehorn the kind of mail 
> that
> all recipients of mailings that the social security administration sends 
> out
> under the ADA. Please clarify.
> Cordially,
> John
>
> John A. Ramsey Jr., Esq.
>
> Gainesville, FL 32609
>
> Phone: (352) 505-6642
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of sheila
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 11:26 AM
> To: NFB of Florida Listserv
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Social Security
>
>
> This letter is not a scam, as we are getting a raise. It is just terrible
> that the Social Security Administration is not more compliant with the 
> law,
> as to not offer their correspondence in a more accessible format.
>
>
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