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SECTION 9: IMPORTANT NOTICES
Privacy Act Notice. The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a)
requires that the following notice be provided to you:
The authority for collecting the requested information
from and about you is §421 et seq., §451 et seq., and/or
§461 et seq. of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as
amended (20 USC 1071 et seq., 20 USC 1087a et seq.,
and/or 20 USC 1087aa et seq.), and the authorities for
collecting and using your Social Security Number (SSN) are
§484(a)(4) of the HEA (20 USC 1091(a)(4)) and 31 USC
7701(b). Participating in the Federal Family Education Loan
(FFEL) Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct
Loan) Program, and Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins) 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, Direct Loan Program,
and/or Perkins Program, to permit the servicing of your
loan(s), and, if it becomes necessary, to locate you and to
collect and report on your loan(s) if your loan(s) become
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, on a case-by-
case basis or under a computer matching program, to third
parties as authorized under routine uses in the appropriate
systems of records notices. The routine uses of this
information include, but are not limited to, its disclosure to
federal, state, or local agencies, to private parties such as
relatives, present and former employers, business and
personal associates, to consumer reporting agencies, to
financial and educational institutions, and to guaranty
agencies 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 enforce the
terms of the loan(s), to investigate possible fraud and to
verify compliance with federal student financial aid
program regulations, or to locate you if you become
delinquent in your loan payments or if you default. To
provide default rate calculations, disclosures may be made
to guaranty agencies, to financial and educational
institutions, or to state agencies. To provide financial aid
history information, disclosures may be made to
educational institutions. To assist program administrators
with tracking refunds and cancellations, disclosures may be
made to guaranty agencies, to financial and educational
institutions, or to federal or state agencies. To provide a
standardized method for educational institutions to
efficiently submit student enrollment status, disclosures
may be made to guaranty agencies or to financial and
educational institutions. To counsel you in repayment
efforts, disclosures may be made to guaranty agencies, to
financial and educational institutions, or to federal, state,
or local agencies.
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
USC Chapter 71. Disclosures may be made to our
contractors for the purpose of performing any
programmatic function that requires disclosure of records.
Before making any such disclosure, we will require the
contractor to maintain Privacy Act safeguards. 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 it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. Public reporting burden for
this collection of information is estimated to average 0.5
hours (30 minutes) per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data resources,
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the information collection.
Individuals are obligated to respond to this collection to
obtain a benefit in accordance with 34 CFR 674.34,
682.210, or 685.204. Send comments regarding the
burden estimate(s) or any other aspect of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing this burden
to the U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20210-4537 or e-mail
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov and reference OMB Control Number
1845-0080. Note: Please do not return the completed
form to this address.
If you have questions regarding the status of your
individual submission of this form, contact your loan
holder (see Section 8).