US court says Trump’s Doge team can access social security numbers and other sensitive data
by Reuters from US news | The Guardian on (#6Z95P)
Court refuses to block department of government efficiency' from accessing data such as citizenship status
A US appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a group of unions to block the Trump administration government downsizing team known as the department of government efficiency" (Doge) from accessing sensitive data on Americans.
The Virginia-based fourth US circuit court of appeals in a 2-1 decision said the unions were unlikely to prevail on claims that Doge would violate federal privacy laws by accessing data at the US Department of Education, treasury department, and office of personnel management.
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