You can get a new Social Security card by logging into your “my Social Security account” and applying online. You can also call 1-800-772-1213 or visit your Social Security office when it reopens.

This includes Social Security payments, a small number of which are still issued via paper checks. Critics of the policy have ...

In 1983, the Social Security Administration switched to banknote paper to make it harder to alter them or create counterfeit cards. According to the Social Security Administration, there are now ...

The Social Security Administration is launching digital SSN access this summer. Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson helps you learn how to use it and protect your identity.

Last year more than 540,000 Social Security and Supplemental Security Income paper checks were reported lost or stolen and had to be replaced. [See 10 Ways to Boost Your Social Security Checks .] ...

If implemented properly, the digital Social Security numbers may provide more security than paper cards, she said. "But it really doesn't solve the problem of identity misuse," Velasquez said.

Considering how flimsy your Social Security card is, laminating it seems like the most responsible course of action to keep it from slowly deteriorating as decades pass. According to the Social ...

For many Americans, a Social Security number is the first form of identification they receive, mailed as a paper card a few weeks after birth. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you ...