{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-401.115","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 401.115","heading":"Disclosure of personal information in program records without the consent of the subject of the record.","body":"This section describes how various laws control the disclosure of personal information that we keep. We disclose information in the program records only when a legitimate need exists. For example, we disclose information to officers and employees of SSA who have a need for the record in the performance of their duties. We also must consider the laws identified below in the respective order when we disclose program information:\n(a) Some laws require us to disclose information (§ 401.120); some laws require us to withhold information (§ 401.125). These laws control whenever they apply.\n(b) If no law of this type applies in a given case, then we must look to FOIA principles. See § 401.130.\n(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.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 401—PRIVACY AND DISCLOSURE OF OFFICIAL RECORDS AND INFORMATION","Subpart C—Disclosure of Official Records and Information"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"389e249c9649e8b9f0b9fa9fb12896e52caf1b1419f13219bda33ca1c9ed57ed","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-401.110","next":"us/20-cfr-401.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}