and I want to find out more about being eligible for benefits because of someone else's contributions, so is there something I can look at for that?
To find out if you might be eligible for a benefit based on another person's work you can view the information about benefits on the Social Security website .You can also use the Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool BEST to find out if you could get benefits that Social Security administers. BEST will take your answers and inform you of what benefits you may be eligible for.
and which is more private if I want to do it that way, like if I call will it be private?
We treat all calls confidentially .