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Privacy Act
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The following statement pertains to your Privacy Act Notice regarding
the collection of your personal information. Section 205 of the Social
Security Act authorize us to collect information needed to verify your
identity and to record your chosen notice preference. Providing this
information is voluntary. However, failure to provide all or part of the
requested information may prevent the Social Security Administration from
providing future notices the way you request them.

We rarely use the information for any reason other than the stated
purpose. However, we may use it for the administration and integrity of
Social Security programs as well as other permitted uses.

We may also disclose information to another person or to another agency
in accordance with approved routine uses, which include but are not
limited to:

(1) to enable a third party or an agency to assist Social Security in
establishing rights to Social Security benefits and/or coverage;

(2) to comply with Federal laws requiring the release of information
from Social Security records (e.g., to the Government Accountability
Office and Department of Veteran Affairs);

(3) to make determinations for eligibility in similar health and
income maintenance programs at the Federal, State, and local level; and

(4) to facilitate statistical research, audit or investigative
activities necessary to assure the integrity of Social Security
programs.

We may also use the information you provide in computer matching
programs. Matching programs compare our records with records kept by other
Federal, state or local government agencies. Information from these
matching programs can be used to establish or verify a person’s
eligibility for federally funded and administered benefit programs and for
repayment of payments or delinquent debts under these programs.

A complete list of routine uses for this information is available in
Systems of Record Notices 60-0089, 60-0090, 60-0103 and 60-0223. The
notices, additional information regarding this application, and
information regarding our programs and systems, are available online at
www.socialsecurity.gov or at your local Social
Security office.

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