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The HSN is a multipurpose international product terminology acknowledged by the World Customs Organization. The purpose of using the HSN codes is to ensure that GST billing practices are in accord with international standards of product nomenclature.
A credit privacy number, or CPN, is supposedly a nine-digit identifying number that you can use instead of your Social Security number, or SSN, to protect your privacy on credit documents. Sometimes CPNs are referred to as secondary credit numbers, or SCN numbers. Others may call them credit profile numbers.