{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-401.90","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 401.90","heading":"Contractors.","body":"(a) All contracts which require a contractor to maintain, or on behalf of SSA to maintain, a system of records to accomplish an SSA function must contain a provision requiring the contractor to comply with the Privacy Act and this part.\n(b) A contractor and any employee of such contractor will be considered employees of SSA only for the purposes of the criminal penalties of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(i), and the employee standards of conduct (see appendix A of this part) where the contract contains a provision requiring the contractor to comply with the Privacy Act and this part.\n(c) This section does not apply to systems of records maintained by a contractor as a result of his management discretion, e.g., the contractor's personnel records.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 401—PRIVACY AND DISCLOSURE OF OFFICIAL RECORDS AND INFORMATION","Subpart B—The Privacy Act"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"a7b979f13fe47fe8f5f2593440b752454ffa2c1a58d8cc7c222759876ecd60f7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-401.85","next":"us/20-cfr-401.95"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}