Indiana Code 4-1-10-5. Permitted disclosures of Social Security number
(1) The disclosure of the Social Security number is expressly required by state law, federal law, or a court order.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-1-10-5
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- state agency: means an authority, a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or another instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government. See Indiana Code 4-1-10-2
- Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
(3) The disclosure of the Social Security number is:
(A) made to comply with:
(i) the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-56); or
(ii) Presidential Executive Order 13224; or
(B) to a commercial entity for the permissible uses set forth in the:
(i) Drivers Privacy Protection Act (18 U.S.C. § 2721 et seq.);
(ii) Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.); or
(iii) Financial Modernization Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. § 6801 et seq.).
(4) The disclosure of the Social Security number is for the purpose of administration of a state agency employee’s or the state agency employee’s dependent‘s health benefits.
(5) The disclosure of the Social Security number is for the purpose of administration of:
(A) a pension fund administered by the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system;
(B) a deferred compensation plan or defined contribution plan established under IC 5-10-1.1;
(C) a pension plan established by the state police department under IC 10-12;
(D) the Uniform Commercial Code (IC 26-1) by the office of the secretary of state; or
(E) Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act.
(b) A state agency’s disclosure of the Social Security number of an individual in compliance with subsection (a) does not violate IC 5-14-3-4(a)(12).
As added by P.L.91-2005, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.29-2006, SEC.1; P.L.106-2008, SEC.1; P.L.35-2012, SEC.14; P.L.128-2012, SEC.1.