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Author Topic: LA Times Question  (Read 4456 times)

Raymond Hansen

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LA Times Question
« on: February 14, 2019, 04:00:43 PM »
Does anyone know why the LA times requires you give your SSN when submitting a puzzle?

mmcbs

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Re: LA Times Question
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2019, 04:02:40 PM »
They have to have that information when they pay you; however, they're the only one that requests it on submissions, and once you've given it to them, it doesn't need to be on there any more. Most just request a form W-9 and that not until they've approved a puzzle.
Mark McClain
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cranberry44

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Re: LA Times Question
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2019, 04:34:59 PM »
I've often wondered about that. Is anybody else skiddish about sending a SSN via email? Do you think
LA Times would refuse to look at a puzzle if it didn't, at first submission, contain the SSN?

Raymond Hansen

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Re: LA Times Question
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2019, 07:09:12 PM »
Thanks for the reply!

aposter

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Re: LA Times Question
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2019, 04:33:28 PM »
You're right to be skittish. Requiring an SSN to be sent via email is asking for trouble. I'm really surprised to hear that a large organization would do that in 2019.

 


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