If you want to block online and automated telephone access to your personal information, you can block password access.

What you can do with a password:

• Check your information and benefits
  See your address, telephone number, direct deposit, Medicare and payment information.
  
  
• Change your address and/or telephone number in our records.
  
  
• Request or change direct deposit
  Start direct deposit of your checks or change your current direct deposit to another account or financial institution.
  
  
• Change your password.
  
  

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Privacy Act Statement

Social Security is allowed to collect the facts on this form under Section 205 of the Social Security Act. We need these facts to quickly identify who you are and provide the information you requested. Giving us these facts is voluntary. However, without them we may not be able to give you the information that you want. The Social Security Administration will not use the information for any other purpose.

The Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

This information collection meets the requirements of 44 U.S.C. 3507, as amended by section 2 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. You do not need to answer these questions unless we display a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OMB control number for this form is 0960-0632; expiration date 02/28/2007. We estimate that it will take about 1 ½ minutes to read the instructions, gather the necessary facts, and answer the questions. You may send comments on our time estimate above to:  SSA, 1338 Annex Building, Baltimore, MD  21235-0001.  Send only comments on our time estimate to this address, not the completed form.