It was like a gut punch to hear two former Social Security Commissioners, along with five other Social Security experts, say we should be concerned about privacy issues and data breaches with the ...

The U.S. Government Efficiency Department's push for unrestricted access to Social Security Administration data raises privacy concerns amid staff cuts and office closures, sparking a national debate.

It was like a gut punch to hear two former Social Security Commissioners, along with five other Social Security experts, say ...

A federal judge on Thursday called out Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) over its concerns regarding the privacy of 10 anonymous staffers who were given access to the Social ...

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Social Security Administration (SSA) likely violated privacy laws by allowing Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency unmonitored access to ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has created a centralized citizenship database for the first time by combining records from immigration agencies with data from the Social Security ...

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Social Security Administration from giving members of the Department of Government Efficiency access to agency data containing individuals’ personally ...

A DOGE staffer working in the Social Security Administration has been pushing questionable claims about noncitizens voting — apparently using data that court records suggest DOGE shouldn't have.

Agencies from Social Security to the IRS store sensitive data on millions of Americans. Here's what the government knows about us – and what's at risk as DOGE seeks access to the data.

On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of granting the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to sensitive Social Security records. This decision allows DOGE's team, tasked with ...

Data brokers raise privacy concerns — but get millions from the federal government. How an old privacy law and new security demands force Washington to rely on an industry in the crosshairs.