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Tom Potts wrote: > On Friday 12 June 2009 15:38, Paul Sutton wrote: >> Gordon Henderson wrote: >>> On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, Steph Foster wrote: >>>> Dave Foxcroft wrote: >>>>> Hi All >>>>> >>>>> I just wondered if anyone has ever been asked to provide their National >>>>> Insurance number when trying to register for an domain name? >>>>> >>>>> I have tried to register a .it domain and have had it refused because I >>>>> didn't provide a valid national security number. I questioned this and >>>>> was told that it would be my NI number in the UK. >>>>> >>>>> I have never been asked for this for any other TLD - com/org/net etc. >>>>> Anyone had similar with the lik >>>>> Cheers >>>>> >>>>> Dave >>>> I've never heard anything like this before >>>> >>>> I can only imagine maybe Italy is restricting .it domains to Italian >>>> citizens ? >>>> >>>> I certainly wouldn't give my NI number out for this purpose >>> I was about to say the same, hovever I just ran a test through the >>> company I use to regsiter doamins - totalregistrations and up it popped: >>> NI number, date & place of birth and country... >>> >>> I suspect it's an Italian thing... >>> >>> damn.it. >>> >>> Gordon >> Great for ID theft > Possibly but also a good way of stopping ID theft of Italian organisation > names! At this level the security should be pretty damned high - I doubt if > its published anywhere and it seems to work in this case! > Tom te tom te tom > > folks, Remember Italy is the only EU country with an armed financial police force. Level of 'grey economy' is about one third of actual recorded economy. Also some Italians I do business with have at least two identity cards with different social security numbers! almost as bad as the NI numbers in UK where some folk have 3 or 4. Many Italians for reasons I do not understand register their websites in Switzerland. -- Regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html