Collection and Use of Personal Information
Section 205(j) of the Social Security Act, as amended, allows us to collect this information. Furnishing us this information is voluntary. However, failing to provide all or part of the information may prevent us from selecting the representative payee(s) you designate to act on your behalf.
We will use the information to provide advance designation of a representative payee. We may also share your information for the following purposes, called routine uses:
• We may disclose Information to contractors and other Federal agencies, as necessary, for the purpose of assisting the Social Security Administration (SSA) in the efficient administration of its programs. We contemplate disclosing information under this routine use only in situations in which SSA may enter a contractual or similar agreement with a third party to assist in accomplishing an agency function relating to this system of records; and
• To third party contacts in situations where the party to be contacted has, or is expected to have, information relating to the individual’s capability to manage his or her affairs or his or her eligibility for or entitlement to benefits under the Social Security program.
In addition, we may share this information in accordance with the Privacy Act and other Federal laws. For example, where authorized, we may use and disclose this information in computer matching programs, in which our records are compared with other records to establish or verify a person’s eligibility for Federal benefit programs and for repayment of incorrect or delinquent debts under these programs.
A list of additional routine uses is available in our Privacy Act System of Records Notice (SORN) 60-0089, entitled Claims Folders System, as published in the Federal Register (FR) on April 1, 2013, at 68 FR 15784. Additional information, and a full listing of all of our SORNs, is available on our website at www.ssa.gov/privacy.