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Code of Federal Regulations Title 6. Domestic Security § 6.5.33 Use and collection of social security numbers

Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

Each component shall ensure that employees authorized to collect information are aware:

(a) That individuals may not be denied any right, benefit, or privilege as a result of refusing to provide their social security numbers, unless the collection is authorized either by a statute or by a regulation issued prior to 1975;  and

(b) That individuals requested to provide their social security numbers must be informed of:

(1) Whether providing social security numbers is mandatory or voluntary;

(2) Any statutory or regulatory authority that authorizes the collection of social security numbers;  and

(3) The uses that will be made of the numbers.

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