We established routine uses under the Privacy Act that allow us to disclose personal
information to Federal, State, and local agencies and private entities, as necessary,
to administer our programs and responsibilities under the Act.
The disclosures relate to determining initial and continuing entitlement to, or eligibility
for, benefits under the programs we administer under the Act. When necessary, we may
disclose non-tax return information and tax return information to third parties in
order to administer our benefit programs. You can view a full listing of all our system
of records and their routine uses at https://www.ssa.gov/privacy/sorn.html.
Examples of allowable disclosures to third parties for program purposes include releases
of the following information:
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verifying an individual’s entitlement to or eligibility for benefits;
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verifying an individual’s capability to manage his or her benefit payments;
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verifying information provided by representative payees or representative payee applicants;
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locating an individual in connection with an SSA program matter when his or her address
is unknown;
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verifying Social Security numbers (SSN) for employers for wage reporting purposes;
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disclosing wage reports to employers or former employers to reconstruct wage records
submitted to SSA;
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disclosing information to social security agencies of foreign countries with which
we have entered into international social security (totalization) agreements to adjudicate
claims filed under the United States or foreign social security system, and for carrying
on other SSA or foreign program-related activities;
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disclosing non-tax return information to medical and vocational consultants to prepare
for, or perform consultative examinations or vocational assessment of individuals
applying for, disability benefits under sections 221 and 1633 of the Act;
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processing an individual’s application for an SSN;
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conducting investigations of fraud and other criminal abuse in our programs; and
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reporting the activities of persons that pose a risk to the safety and security of
SSA employees, customers, and facilities to appropriate law enforcement officials.