The village shall provide an individual with the following statement of purpose whenever an individual is asked to provide the village with his or her SSN or if an individual requests it.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The Village of Pawnee complies with the Identity Protection Act, 5 ILCS 179/1 et seq. which requires each local and State government agency to draft, approve, and implement an Identity Protection Policy that includes a statement of the purpose or purposes for which the Village is collecting and using an individual's social security number.
We will only use your social security number for the purpose for which it was collected. We will not:
• Sell, lease, loan, trade, or rent your social security number to a third party for any purpose;
• Publicly post or publicly display your social security number;
• Print your social security number on any card required for you to access our services;
• Require you to transmit your social security number over the internet, unless the connection is secure or your social security number is encrypted; or
• Print your social security number on any materials that are mailed to you, unless State or Federal law requires that number to be on documents mailed to you, or unless we are confirming the accuracy of your social security number.
We collect and use social security numbers for one or more of the following reasons:
• Complaint mediation or investigation;
• Crime victim compensation;
• Vendor services, such as executing contracts and/or billing;
• Law enforcement investigation;
• Internal verification;
• to investigation and prevention of fraud, conducting background checks, debt collection, and obtaining credit report from consumer reporting agencies
• Administrative services;
• Other reasons that would be explained to you at the time we ask for your social security number.
The President and Board of Trustees have adopted Identity Protection Act requirements as Title 1, Chapter 12 of the Village Code of Ordinances. You may request a copy of the Statement of Purpose any time you have been asked by the Village to provide your social security number or if you request a copy of the statement.
If you have questions or complaints about the Village's Identity Protection Policy, contact:
Pawnee Village Clerk
P.O. Box 560
Pawnee, IL 62558
(Ord. 14-07, 4-28-2014)