NOTE: PLEASE READ, DETACH AND KEEP FOR YOUR RECORDS
STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY LAWS AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS
To comply with legislation passed by the Congress and Executive Orders issued by the President, Federal executive agencies,
including the Small Business Administration (SBA), must notify you of certain information. You can find the regulations and policies
implementing these laws and Executive Orders in Title 13, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Chapter 1, or our Standard Operating
Procedures (SOPs). In order to provide the required notices, the following is a brief summary of the various laws and Executive Orders
that affect SBA's Disaster Loan Programs. A glossary of terms can be found at Disasterloan.SBA.GOV
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (5 U.S.C. 552)
This law provides, with some exceptions, that we must make records or portions of records contained in our files available to
persons requesting them. This generally includes aggregate statistical information on our disaster loan programs and other
information such as names of borrowers (and their officers, directors, stockholders or partners), loan amounts at maturity, the
collateral pledged, and the general purpose of loans. We do not routinely make available to third parties your proprietary data
without first notifying you, as required by Executive Order #12600, or information that would cause competitive harm or constitute
a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests must describe the specific records you want. For information about the FOIA, contact
the Chief, FOI/PA Office, 409 3rd Street, SW, Suite 5900, Washington, DC 20416, or by e-mail at foia@sba.gov.
PRIVACY ACT (5 U.S.C. § 552a)
Anyone can request to see or get copies of any personal information that we have in your file. Any personal information in your file
that is retrieved by individual identifiers, such as name or social security number is protected by the Privacy Act, which means
requests for information about you may be denied unless we have your written permission to release the information to the
requestor or unless the information is subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The Agreements and
Certifications section of this form contains written permission for us to disclose the information resulting from this collection to
state, local or private disaster relief services.
The Privacy Act authorizes SBA to make certain "routine uses" of information protected by that Act. One such routine use for SBA's
loan system of records is that when this information indicates a violation or potential violation of law, whether civil, criminal, or
administrative in nature, SBA may refer it to the appropriate agency, whether Federal, State, local or foreign, charged with
responsibility for or otherwise involved in investigation, prosecution, enforcement or prevention of such violations. Another routine
use of personal information is to assist in obtaining credit bureau reports, on the Disaster Loan Applicants and guarantors for
purposes of originating, servicing, and liquidating Disaster loans. See, 69 F.R. 58598, 58617 (and as amended from time to time) for
additional background and other routine uses.
Under the provisions of the Privacy Act, you are not required to provide social security numbers. (But see the information under
Debt Collection Act below) We use social security numbers to distinguish between people with a similar or the same name for
credit decisions and for debt collection purposes. Failure to provide this number may not affect any right, benefit or privilege to
which you are entitled by law, but having the number makes it easier for us to more accurately identify to whom adverse credit
information applies and to keep accurate loan records.
Note: Any person concerned with the collection, use and disclosure of information, under the Privacy Act may contact the Chief,
FOI/PA Office, 409 3rd Street, SW, Suite 5900, Washington, DC 20416 or by e-mail at foia@sba.gov
for information about the Agency's procedures relating to the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
SBA Form 5C (05-18) Ref SOP 50 30
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