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#Privacy Act

The Privacy Act of 1974, governing the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personal information by federal agencies. Incidents involve violations of Privacy Act protections, particularly through unauthorized data access by DOGE personnel.

3 incidents

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

Supreme Court Revives DHS 'SAVE' Voter-Citizenship Database Ruled Unlawful, Weeks Before the Midterms (September 2026)

DHS turned SAVE, a benefits-eligibility tool, into a mass voter-citizenship checker by pulling in Social Security numbers and other federal records. A federal judge found that unlawful and found that eligible citizens had their registrations cancelled after being wrongly flagged. Weeks before the midterms, and inside the 90-day pre-election period, the Supreme Court let DHS resume using the system while the appeal continues, over a dissent warning that the harm of disenfranchising 'even a few lawful voters' outweighs any harm to the government.

Grade 2 of 5: Major Abuse of Power

DOGE Associates Gained Access to $6 Trillion Treasury Payment System

DOGE associates including Tom Krause (Broadcom executive) and Marko Elez (25-year-old with racist posts) accessed Treasury's $6 trillion payment system. Elez was mistakenly given write access to payment records. 19 AGs sued. Federal judges in New York temporarily blocked access, one calling the rollout 'chaotic and haphazard.' In a separate case, the 4th Circuit vacated a Maryland injunction in August 2025.