Edit: The above might not be entirely accurate, check out the thread below. Some of these lookup sites may reveal the personnummer on registration and possibly payment. I've never tried this so can't confirm for sure, however.
Edit: The above might not be entirely accurate, check out the thread below. Some of these lookup sites may reveal the personnummer on registration and possibly payment. I've never tried this so can't confirm for sure, however.
There are several sites (upplysning.se for example) that show full length of the personal ID. How does that work if it is not public information?
Edit: I think you may be right and that registration and possibly payment could reveal the whole personnummer: https://www.imy.se/privatperson/dataskydd/introduktion-till-...
TIL!
Anyone can call the tax office and ask for the full person number of any person and they will give it.
Swedes are super confused about this so lots of people do the thing you talk about and think it's private but it's absolutely not. This disconnect between folk lore and reality is quite dangerous as people who believe the folk lore can start doing stupid shit like accepting the personnummer as alone being a guarantee of anything.
I'm curious about this part of your comment:
> so lots of people do the thing you talk about
What is "the thing" you're referring to?
> Some of these lookup sites may reveal the personnummer on registration and possibly payment
"some"? It's THE TAX OFFICE OF THE COUNTRY
"may"? WILL
"on registration"? No. YOU JUST CALL THEM. No questions asked.
Your comment with the edit is still enormously wrong.