1 CFR § 304.31 — § 304.31 Use and collection of social security numbers and other information.

§ 304.31 Use and collection of social security numbers and other information. The agency will 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; ( b ) That individuals requested to provide their social security numbers, or any other information collected from them, must be informed, before providing such information, of: ( 1 ) Whether providing social security numbers (or such other information) is mandatory or voluntary; ( 2 ) Any statutory or regulatory authority that authorizes the collection of social security numbers (or such other information); ( 3 ) The principal purpose(s) for which the information is intended to be used; ( 4 ) The routine uses that may be made of the information; and ( 5 ) The effects, in any, on the individual of not providing all or any part of the requested information; and ( c ) That, where the information referred to above is requested on a form, the requirements for informing such individuals are set forth on the form used to collect the information, or on a separate form that can be retained by such individuals. {"origins":[{"level":"part","identifier":"304","label_level":"Part 304","hierarchy":{"title":"1","chapter":"III","part":"304"},"current":false,"authority":[],"source":["\u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/citation/76-FR-18635\" class=\"fr-reference\" data-reference=\"76 FR 18635\"\u003e76 FR 18635\u003c/a\u003e, Apr. 5, 2011, unless otherwise noted.\n"],"link":"/current/title-1/part-304","title":"Part 304"},{"level":"subpart","identifier":"B","label_level":"Subpart B","hierarchy":{"title":"1","chapter":"III","part":"304","subpart":"B"},"current":false,"authority":["\u003ca href=\"https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/5/552a\" class=\"usc external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e5 U.S.C. 552a\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/5/591\" class=\"usc external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e591\u003c/a\u003e-96.\n"],"source":[],"link":"/current/title-1/part-304/subpart-B","title":"Subpart B of Part 304"}]}