Privacy and Disclosure of Official Records and Information; Availability of Information and Records to the Public

Under the Privacy and Disclosure of Official Records and Information, SSA has established methods in which the public can request the following: access to their SSA records; disclosure of SSA records; corrections/amendments to their SSA records; consent for release of records; records accessible through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); and waiver/reduction of fees normally charged for release of FOIA records. SSA most often collected the required information for these requests through a written letter, with the exception of the consent for release of records for which there is the Form SSA-3288. Respondents are individuals requesting access to, correction of, or disclosure of SSA records. This is a Non-Substantive Change Request to remove the Customer Information Control System generated internal record keeping information on the top of the SSN Printout.

The latest form for Privacy and Disclosure of Official Records and Information; Availability of Information and Records to the Public expires 2021-01-31 and can be found here.

a. Access to Records - 20 CFR 401.40(b)&(c) & 401.45

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