Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data

BALTIMORE – A national justice connected Thursday imposed caller restrictions connected billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, limiting its entree to Social Security systems that clasp idiosyncratic information connected millions of Americans.

U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander issued a preliminary injunction successful the case, which was brought by a radical of labour unions and retirees who allege DOGE’s caller actions interruption privateness laws and contiguous monolithic accusation information risks. Hollander had antecedently issued a temporary restraining order.

The injunction does let DOGE staffers to entree information that’s been redacted oregon stripped of thing personally identifiable, if they acquisition grooming and inheritance checks.

During a national tribunal proceeding Tuesday successful Baltimore, Hollander repeatedly asked the government’s attorneys wherefore DOGE needs “seemingly unfettered access” to the agency’s troves of delicate idiosyncratic accusation to uncover Social Security fraud.

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