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Raymond Hansen:
Does anyone know why the LA times requires you give your SSN when submitting a puzzle?

mmcbs:
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.

cranberry44:
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:
Thanks for the reply!

aposter:
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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