Identity Finder will locate Canadian Social Insurance Numbers without requiring you to provide any personal information. It uses the AnyFind proprietary technology to find valid Social Insurance Numbers. If you want to search for only a specific Social Insurance Number, you should disable AnyFind and add your Social Insurance Number to the Unique Identity Include List. Social Insurance Numbers are used in Canada and can be used to open credit cards and bank accounts on your behalf, so searching for this Identity Match Type is of critical importance, if you are from Canada.
By default, Identity Finder will not search for Social Insurance Numbers. However, you may customize this behavior.
If you are using the Startup Wizard, you can choose Yes to AnyFind Worldwide Searching and then select "Social Insurance Number" option.
If you are not using the Startup Wizard, you can enable or disable AnyFind Worldwide Searching for Social Insurance Numbers by first clicking the Settings button on the Tools and Options ribbon, then selecting the Worldwide Search page from the left menu. Click the Enable Social Insurance Number (TFN) Search checkbox. This will alter the appearance of your What to Search for ribbon and add "Canada: SIN" to the AnyFind Automatic Search group. It will be also now be enabled and ready for searching. When the button has an orange highlight, it is enabled and Identity Finder will use AnyFind searching. You can also Add a Social Insurance Number to the Unique Identity Include List via the "Include List" page of the "Identity Finder Personal Information File" dialog box (you can open this dialog box by pushing the Add/Remove Information button on the What to Search for ribbon). Within that dialog box, when Social Insurance Number is selected in the "Identity Type" drop down box, you can check or uncheck the "Enable Automatic Search for Social Insurance" to change your AnyFind settings for Social Insurance Numbers. The ribbon button will update automatically to reflect any changes you make here.
Note: You will not see the Canada: SIN or Canada Social Insurance Number options in the AnyFind Automatic Search or Unique Identity Include List unless you have Enabled Worldwide Searching.