[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR401.115]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 401_PRIVACY AND DISCLOSURE OF OFFICIAL RECORDS AND INFORMATION--Table 
of Contents
 
        Subpart C_Disclosure of Official Records and Information
 
Sec. 401.115  Disclosure of personal information in program records 
without the consent of the subject of the record.

    This section describes how various laws control the disclosure or 
confidentiality of personal information which we keep. We must consider 
these laws in the following order:
    (a) Some laws require us to disclose information (Sec. 401.120); 
some laws require us to withhold information (Sec. 401.125). These laws 
control whenever they apply.
    (b) If no law of this type applies in a given case, then we must 
look to FOIA principles. See Sec. 401.130.
    (c) When FOIA principles do not require disclosure, we may disclose 
information if both the Privacy Act and section 1106 of the Social 
Security Act permit the disclosure.