The purpose of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, is "to let citizens know why and for what reasons the United States is asking them questions." SSA did not violate Privacy Act when it requested rental value information from claimant's landlords without indicating the purposes and routine uses of such information where Plaintiff suffered no adverse effect from SSA's actions (neither the information given to SSA nor the reduction in benefits was erroneous). However, Court stated that there was no statutory basis for SSA's refusal to give the information.