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Over a dozen lawsuits to stop DOGE data access are betting on a 1974 law
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:10:04
Publish Date: 2025-03-13 21:29:25
Description: The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has been trying to access the massive amounts of Americans' personal information held in databases throughout the federal government.

These databases hold information far more sensitive than name, address or even social security number. Diagnoses and medical data like treatment for mental health and addiction issues is also included in the trove of data.

Now, more than a dozen lawsuits are invoking a little known law from 1974 that was designed to safeguard exactly this kind of data from federal overreach.

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