SECTION 11: IMPORTANT NOTICES
PRIVACY ACT DISCLOSURE NOTICE
The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) requires that the following notice be provided to you: The authorities for
collecting the requested information from and about you are 428(b)(2)(A) et seq . and 451 et seq . of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(2)(A) et seq . and 20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq .) and the authority for
collecting and using your Social Security Number (SSN) is 484(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(4)). Participating in the
Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program or the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program and
giving us your SSN are voluntary, but you must provide the requested information, including your SSN, to participate.
The principal purposes for collecting the information on this form, including your SSN, are to verify your identity, to
determine your eligibility to receive a loan or a benefit on a loan (such as a deferment, forbearance, discharge, or
forgiveness) under the FFEL Program and/or Direct Loan Program, to permit the servicing of your loan(s), and, if it
becomes necessary, to locate you and to collect on your loan(s) if your loan(s) becomes delinquent or in default. We also
use your SSN as an account identifier and to permit you to access your account information electronically.
The information in your file may be disclosed to third parties as authorized under routine uses in the appropriate
systems of records. The routine uses of this information include its disclosure to federal, state, or local agencies, to other
federal agencies under computer matching programs, to agencies that we authorize to assist us in administering our
loan programs, to private parties such as relatives, present and former employers, business and personal associates, to
credit bureau organizations, to financial and educational institutions, to guaranty agencies, and to contractors in order
to verify your identity, to determine your eligibility to receive a loan or a benefit on a loan, to permit the servicing or
collection of your loan(s), to counsel you in repayment efforts, to enforce the terms of the loan(s), to investigate
possible fraud and to verify compliance with federal student financial aid program regulations, to locate you if you
become delinquent in your loan payments or if you default, to provide default rate calculations, to provide financial aid
history information, to assist program administrators with tracking refunds and cancellations, or to provide a
standardized method for educational institutions efficiently to submit student enrollment status.
In the event of litigation, we may send records to the Department of Justice, a court, adjudicative body, counsel, party,
or witness if the disclosure is relevant and necessary to the litigation. If this information, either alone or with other
information, indicates a potential violation of law, we may send it to the appropriate authority for action. We may send
information to members of Congress if you ask them to help you with federal student aid questions. In circumstances
involving employment complaints, grievances, or disciplinary actions, we may disclose relevant records to adjudicate or
investigate the issues. If provided for by a collective bargaining agreement, we may disclose records to a labor
organization recognized under 5 U.S.C. Chapter 71. Disclosures may also be made to qualified researchers under Privacy
Act safeguards.
PAPERWORK REDUCTION NOTICE
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information
unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information
collection is 1845-0059. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20 minutes
(0.33 hours) per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. The obligation to respond to
this collection is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with 34 CFR 682.216(f)(1) and 34 CFR 685.217(e)(1). If you
have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this form, contact your loan holder at
the address shown in Section 6.
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