The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that we provide this statement because you are being asked to furnish your Social Security Account Number on the claim forms we give you. Your Social Security number is solicited under the authority of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 85, 601 [a] 6050B and 6109 [a]). Disclosure is MANDATORY and must be entered on the forms you submit to claim unemployment compensation.

Your Social Security number will be used to report your unemployment compensation to the Internal Revenue Service as income that is potentially taxable. It also will be used as a record index for processing your claim for statistical purposes and to verify your eligibility for unemployment compensation and other public assistance benefits. If you decline to disclose your Social Security number, your claim for unemployment compensation cannot be processed.