Terms of Service

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using Our Service.

1. Agreement to Terms

These terms and conditions govern your use of this website; by using this website, you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not use this website.

2. Intellectual Property

The Service and its original content, features, and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of FSC, Inc. and its licensors.

3. User Accounts

When you create an account with us, you must provide us information that is accurate, complete, and current at all times.

4. Restrictions

  • Republish material from this website in neither print nor digital media or documents (including republication on another website).
  • Sell, rent or sub-license material from the website.
  • Show any material from the website in public.
  • Reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material on this website for a commercial purpose.
  • Edit or otherwise modify any material on the website;
  • Redistribute material from this website - except for content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution.
  • Republish or reproduce any part of this website through the use of iframes or screen scrapers.

5. LADMF Data

SSA does not guarantee the accuracy of data contained in the Limited Access Death Master File (LADMF). SSA does not have a death record for all deceased persons. Therefore, the absence of a particular person on this file is not proof that the individual is alive. In addition, there is the possibility that incorrect records of death may have been entered on the DMF. If an individual seeing your copy of the DMF has a complaint that they find erroneous data/death information on that DMF, you should advise them to follow the procedures listed below. In fact, you should be providing the information below in your publication, if any, of the DMF:

Errors: If an individual claims that SSA has incorrectly listed someone as deceased (or has incorrect dates/data) on the Death Master File (DMF), the individual should contact his/her local social security office (with proof) to have the error corrected. That local social security office will:

(1) make the correction to the main NUMIDENT file at SSA and give the individual a verification document of SSA's current records to use to show to any company recipient/purchaser of the DMF that had the error,
or
(2) find that SSA already has the correct information on the main NUMIDENT file and DMF (probably corrected sometime prior) and give the individual a verification document of SSA's records to use to show to any company subscriber/purchaser of the DMF that had the error.

If you have any questions, please contact Linda Swan via email: lswan@ntis.gov or by phone: 703-605-6094.

6. Acceptable Use

You must not use this website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of Benefit Sentinel or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.

7. Restricted Access

Access to certain areas of this website is restricted. FSC, Inc. reserves the right to restrict access to certain areas of this website, or at our discretion, this entire website. FSC, Inc. may change or modify this policy without notice.