[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR10.29]

[Page 88]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 10_MAINTENANCE OF AND ACCESS TO RECORDS PERTAINING TO INDIVIDUALS
--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C_Maintenance of Records
 
Sec. 10.29  Social Security numbers.

    (a) No individual is denied any right, benefit, or privilege 
provided by law because of such individual's refusal to disclose his 
Social Security account number.
    (b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this section do not apply to:
    (1) Any disclosure which is required by Federal statute; or
    (2) The disclosure of a Social Security number when such disclosure 
was required under statute or regulation adopted prior to January 1, 
1975, to verify the identity of an individual.
    (c) When an individual is requested to disclose his or her Social 
Security account number, that individual is informed whether that 
disclosure is mandatory or voluntary, by what statutory or other 
authority such number is solicited, what uses are made of it, and what 
detriments, including delay in the location of records, are incurred if 
the number is not provided.