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#data privacy

The right to control personal information held by the government. Incidents involve unauthorized access to personal data, mass surveillance, weaponization of government databases, and violations of the Privacy Act.

2 incidents

Grade 2 of 5: Major Abuse of Power

DOGE Employees Matched Social Security Data with Voter Rolls to Pursue Voter Fraud Claims

DOGE employees at SSA secretly worked with a political advocacy group to match Social Security data with voter rolls to find 'evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results.' A signed data-sharing agreement and Hatch Act referrals followed. A whistleblower alleged DOGE copied 300+ million Americans' records into an unsecured virtual database.