Open Government

Myrtle Beach Sun News: How many Horry inmates turned over to ICE custody? Why agency refuses to say

July 7, 2025
- Open Government
- Privacy Laws
- News
Biometric Update: CBP’s biometric border dragnet and the corporate state behind it

July 4, 2025
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Open Government
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- News
The NPR Politics Podcast: Exclusive: The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system

July 2, 2025
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Government Records & Privacy
- Open Government
- News
EPIC v. CISA (SS7 Cybersecurity Report)

July 2, 2025
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Freedom of Information Act
- Location Tracking
- Open Government
- FOIA Cases
NPR: The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system

June 29, 2025
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Government Records & Privacy
- Open Government
- News
Biometric Update: Fight over disclosure of FRT used by NJ cops heads to state Supreme Court

June 2, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Government Databases
- Open Government
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
The Washington Post: Privacy and hunger groups sue over USDA attempt to collect personal data of SNAP recipients

May 23, 2025
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Government Records & Privacy
- Open Government
- Privacy Laws
- News
The Express Tribune: SNAP privacy clash erupts over data-sharing mandate under Trump administration

May 23, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Government Records & Privacy
- Open Government
- Privacy Laws
- News
NPR: Lawsuit challenges USDA demand for food stamp data as some states prepare to comply

May 22, 2025
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Government Records & Privacy
- Open Government
- Privacy Laws
- News
USDA Sued for Illegally Demanding the Personal Information of Millions of SNAP Beneficiaries From States

May 22, 2025

Washington, D.C. (May 22, 2025) — Students, SNAP recipients, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint in federal court today challenging a demand from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for states and third-party vendors to turn over the personal data of tens of millions of Americans who receive help buying food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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