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a) How is calling you to collect a debt against the law?
b) How does this apply to cell phones? They recently revoked/recinded the law that prevented even telemarketers from calling cell phones, why, again, would debt collection be different?
c) They are not required by law to give you their social security number and that would never fall under full disclosure. In fact, the required use of your SSN is only legally needed for tax purposes (i.e. - Employment/Income, Banks/Interest, Federal Loans that can reflect on your tax return, etc.). While a credit card company can refuse to give you credit without your SSN (most likely they would), they legally have no need for it (I don't use my real last four). In the end, they have no reason, legally, to give you THEIR SSN, as you are not an institution that will report data on them to the IRS or Social Security Administration.
While I agree that they're a pain, I usually don't answer unknown or concealed numbers (I only have a cell phone). Of course, the easiest way to get rid of nagging debt collectors is to pay your bills. Having gone through bad financial crap in the past and getting ahead of myself financially, I can say, with everything hangin' out, that it's best to not get into that situation. And if you are there, the phone calls are the least of your concerns.
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