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   Paul Chambers🚧 (paul@oldfriends.live)'s status on Saturday, 04-Oct-2025 01:08:41 JST Paul Chambers🚧

   I have had a dedicated email address literally used only for official Social Security and #Medicare since January 14, 2010 for logging in, account purposes, etc. The only email that I have received has come from .gov email accounts.

   For the first time ever, I am getting commercial Medicare spam.

   The Trump admin has shared that email account with Medicare Advantage plans. #USPol #Data #Privacy #HHS #CMS #SSA #SocialSecurity .

   edit: to add: I logged in to my accounts, Under privacy settings, my Marketing, social media and Web Analytics settings are each marked as don't allow.

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     Crystal (mossyquartz@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Saturday, 04-Oct-2025 01:09:51 JST Crystal

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     @paul 🙁 Thanks, I'll hope for the best and look for the worst, that should keep me alert.

     RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈 repeated this.
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     Crystal (mossyquartz@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Saturday, 04-Oct-2025 01:09:51 JST Crystal

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     @paul Looks like it's after a quietly published NPRM whose comment period is passed, and the Social Security Website seems to not offer those same opt out options.
     Sigh.
     There was a Notice of Proposed Rule published in the Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 159 / Wednesday, August 20, 2025, listing the Routine Uses on page number 40698.
     Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
     AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).
     ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records.
     The new routine uses are effective September 19, 2025.
     ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: We will disclose records pursuant to the following routine uses...
     4. To contractors and other Federal
     agencies, as necessary, for assisting SSA in the efficient administration of its programs. We will disclose information under this routine use only in situations in which SSA may enter into a contractual or similar agreement with a third party to assist in accomplishing an agency function relating to this system of records.
     5. To student volunteers, individuals
     working under a personal services
     contract, and other workers who
     technically do not have the status of
     Federal employees, when they are
     performing work for SSA...

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     Paul Chambers🚧 (paul@oldfriends.live)'s status on Saturday, 04-Oct-2025 01:09:52 JST Paul Chambers🚧

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     • Crystal
     • maniac

     @MossyQuartz for what it is worth, I've had those set to Don't Allow for a long time. Earlier when I posted I checked and they were still set to don't allow.

     @maniaclives

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     Crystal (mossyquartz@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Saturday, 04-Oct-2025 01:09:53 JST Crystal

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     • maniac

     @maniaclives @paul @ProPublica
     I've been getting junk emails, also. Just now, I logged into my account and clicked to view the privacy policy. I see something. The privacy policy has a paragraph talking about: Digital advertising tools for outreach & education. That's probably where these advantage plan advertisements are coming from. Next to Privacy Policy at the bottom of the screen, I clicked Privacy Settings. Ah ha! I'd not noticed these before now. I clicked each of the three choices to Not Allow! I hope they stop sending me junk emails, now.

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     maniac (maniaclives@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 04-Oct-2025 01:09:54 JST maniac

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     • ProPublica

     @paul @ProPublica this seems like news