{"data":{"id":"us/1-cfr-304.31","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"1 CFR 304.31","heading":"Use and collection of social security numbers and other information.","body":"The agency will ensure that employees authorized to collect information are aware:\n(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;\n(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:\n(1) Whether providing social security numbers (or such other information) is mandatory or voluntary;\n(2) Any statutory or regulatory authority that authorizes the collection of social security numbers (or such other information);\n(3) The principal purpose(s) for which the information is intended to be used;\n(4) The routine uses that may be made of the information; and\n(5) The effects, in any, on the individual of not providing all or any part of the requested information; and\n(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.","path":["Title 1—General Provisions","CHAPTER III—ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES","PART 304—DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS OR INFORMATION","Subpart B—Protection of Privacy and Access to Individual Records Under the Privacy Act of 1974"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-1.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:37Z","sha256":"14af06ee1f23945dbf6ca43e247d7e5e6cb56562ea28498aa5ce7a4d4f3d7543","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/1-cfr-304.30","next":"us/1-cfr-304.32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}