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Judge rules OPM illegally gave Elon Musk's DOGE access to sensitive data

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A federal judge has ruled that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) unlawfully provided sensitive government data to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an advisory group led by Elon Musk. Judge Denise Cote found that OPM violated the Privacy Act of 1974 by failing to justify DOGE's need for personally identifiable information of millions of federal employees. While DOGE claims to have saved the government significant funds, critics warn of potential cybersecurity and privacy risks associated with such broad data access. AI

IMPACT Highlights risks of broad government data access and potential misuse of sensitive information.

RANK_REASON Judge's ruling on government data access by a politically connected entity. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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Judge rules OPM illegally gave Elon Musk's DOGE access to sensitive data

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Sasha Rogelberg ·

    Judge: Federal government lawyers ‘barely defend’ giving Elon Musk’s DOGE illegal access to government data

    The Office of Personnel Management infringed on the Privacy Act by allowing access to millions of people’s information, according to a federal judge.

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