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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

Updated March 26, 2026 Corruption & Self-Dealing
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

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.

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DOGESocial Securityvoter fraudvoter rollsHatch Act
Updated March 26, 2026 Corruption & Self-Dealing
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

DOGE Unauthorized Access to Treasury, OPM, and Social Security Databases

DOGE accessed Treasury, OPM, and SSA databases containing millions of Americans' personal data without authorization or completed background checks. Federal judges ordered data disgorged and deleted, finding Privacy Act and APA violations, though the Supreme Court later partially reversed.

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DOGEElon Muskdata privacyPrivacy ActTreasury