SSN Policy Manual

Dealing with the Public

For example 18 USC $242 and 42 USC $1983 provides that: Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, ... shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; 42 USC § I 983 further provides that a violator "shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress." And 42 USC $408provides that: Whoever ... (8) discloses, uses, or compels the disclosure of the social security number of any person in violation of the laws of the United States; shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. It is also good to be familiar with these: 18 USC 52425 Use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor. .. . knowingly initiates the transmission of the name, address, telephone number, social security number, or electronic mail address ... 42 USC Sec. 1307 Penalty for fraud. .. . Whoever, with the intent to elicit information as to the Social Security account number ... shall be deemed guilty of a felony . .. 7 CFR 400.410 Penalties. Unauthorized disclosure of SSN's or EIN's by any person may subject that person, and the person soliciting the unauthorized disclosure, to civil or criminal sanctions imposed under various Federal statutes, including 26 U.S.C. 7613, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and 42 U.S.C. 408. If these crimes are committed against you, and you can prove it, you should talk to your local district attorney about filing a criminal complaint. If your evidence has legal merit, the local district attorney is obligated to pursue the case.