S. 2915 would require the Commissioner of Social Security to issue uniform standards for the method for truncation of social security account numbers in order to protect such numbers from being used in the perpetration of fraud or identity theft and to provide for a prohibition on the display to the general public on the Internet of social security account numbers by State and local governments.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(LogSafeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2008 - Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to issue uniform standards for the method for truncation of Social Security account numbers in order to editfacilitate their protection from use in fraud or identity theft.

Amends the wikifederal criminal code to prohibit the display of Social Security account numbers to the general public on the Internet by state and belocal governments, except in compliance with such truncation standards.

Directs the firstAttorney General to provide a detailed summary ofaward grants to state and local governments to come into compliance with such prohibition or the bill!)exception to it.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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