---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 9801.106"
title: "5"
number: "9801.106"
heading: "Use and collection of social security numbers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/9801.106"
---

# §9801.106. Use and collection of social security numbers.

- (a) **No denial of right, benefit, or privilege.** 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 required by Federal statute; and
- (b) **Notification to individual.** Individuals requested to provide their social security numbers must be informed of:
  - (1) Whether providing social security numbers is mandatory or voluntary;
  - (2) The statutory or regulatory authority that authorizes the collection of social security numbers; and
  - (3) The uses that will be made of the numbers.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 5 U.S.C. app.; 5 U.S.C. 301, 552a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; Sec. 15010, Pub. L. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 86563, Dec. 1, 2016, unless otherwise noted.