A coalition of states fired back against the federal government's request that a court dismiss a privacy case against it Thursday, arguing that the lawsuit remains necessary to protect against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) accessing sensitive state data.
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) activities at the Social Security Administration (SSA) involved data security lapses that risk the exposure of more than 300 million Americans’ social security information, alleged a protected whistleblower Tuesday. SSA denied that its handling of the data put citizens at risk, however.
Battles between states and the federal government over what is an appropriate -- and lawful -- amount of data to be shared between agencies and law enforcement is representative of a larger power struggle, said Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, IAPP managing director for Washington, D.C., in a blog post Friday.
Since an appeals court believes the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and others are unlikely to succeed on the merits of their privacy case that challenges the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to sensitive government data, the court overturned a district court's ruling that let AFT temporarily block DOGE.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned a district court decision to block the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to sensitive data at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Education Department. A consumer advocate panned the decision.
President Donald Trump and the Treasury Department argued Thursday that a judge's modification of a preliminary injunction against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) signals a state-led lawsuit against the federal government's access to private information is deficient and should be dismissed.
There’s an audit trail showing Palantir is following privacy laws and protocols in its work with agencies like DHS and the Internal Revenue Service, the company's global privacy director said Wednesday.
A judge ordered the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to submit reports summarizing DOGE employees' access to sensitive data and how those staffers were trained, in order to prove that they didn't violate the Privacy Act.
While immigrants seem to be the current target of mass-data collection, the federal government's collection of massive amounts of personal information has implications for other populations, including those who speak out against Washington, panelists said during a webinar Wednesday hosted by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and the Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights & Technology.
A federal judge granted an injunction against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Monday, ruling that DOGE employees violated the rights of federal employees when they gained access to their legally-protected sensitive information stored in OPM's systems. The judge, Denise Cote, said she would outline the injunction's scope at a later date.