Bovada uses industry-standard KYC (Know Your Customer) protocols, which means you may occasionally be asked to provide your social security number. That said, Bovada typically doesn’t require your SSN, though it may be requested when there are geographic discrepancies that call into question the legitimacy of your account or when certain payment methods are used to claim payouts. If you have to give Bovada your SSN, you can rest assured that the data is secured behind top-class SSL and TLS encryption, and that Bovada never shares or sells personal or financial information. To avoid disclosing your SSN, be sure to deposit with cryptocurrency, only play from authorized jurisdictions, and never gamble behind a VPN service.