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§ 5.33 - Use and collection of social security numbers.

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

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

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

Whether providing social security numbers is mandatory or voluntary;

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

The uses that will be made of the numbers.

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