Article 30 of the French Data Protection Act requires that processing activities involving the use of the social security number will be set by decree of the Council of State, including the categories of controllers and the permitted purposes.
On April 19, 2019, the French government adopted Decree number 2019-3014, which identifies controllers and the permitted purposes of processing. Such use is permitted in the fields of:
- Social protection
- Health
- Employment in the private and public sectors
- Finance, including tax and customs
- Justice
- Public statistics and census
- Education
- Housing
- The care of victims of nuclear tests
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