A coalition of labor unions and retiree advocates has filed an emergency motion in a federal court to block the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) vast troves of sensitive personal data.
The motion, filed on March 7 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, argues that DOGE’s involvement at SSA violates multiple federal privacy laws and puts millions of Americans at risk of identity theft, financial fraud, and unauthorized data use.
The plaintiffs—the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Alliance for Retired Americans, and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)—allege that DOGE has been unlawfully granted extensive access to SSA’s data infrastructure, overriding established privacy safeguards....
