4th Cir. Upholds DOGE Social Security Access Restrictions

[Voluntarist]

Split 4th Cir. Upholds DOGE Social Security Access Restrictions​

A court order barring the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive personal information from the Social Security Administration will remain in effect pending appeal, a split en banc appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The record showed that DOGE’s unrestricted access to Social Security data “exceeded that allowed to all but the few most experienced and trusted SSA employees,” and demonstrated there’s “no need for such access,” Judge Robert B. King of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit wrote in an opinion denying the government’s request to stay a lower court injunction.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees led a lawsuit filed in February against top officials within SSA and DOGE, alleging that by allowing DOGE representatives unrestricted access to Social Security information, the administration is disregarding privacy protections that Congress and the executive branch put in place to protect the data of millions of Americans. The groups asserted violations of the Privacy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.

Judge Ellen Hollander of the US District Court for the District of Maryland on April 17 granted the plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction request, extending a temporary restraining order issued in March. The government is appealing the injunction and asked the Fourth Circuit to put Hollander’s order on hold pending the outcome of that appeal.

“The very able district judge has carefully and thoughtfully examined the evidence and the legal issues,” as evidenced in her 137-page March opinion and 148-page April opinion, King wrote for the appellate court’s majority.

Hollander’s April opinion “emphasizes” that the highly sensitive personal information Americans provide to SSA is handed over with the belief that the information would be “fiercely protected,” King said. DOGE staff were given unrestricted access without proper training, hiring, or background checks. And the evidence demonstrates DOGE’s work can be done “largely with anonymized and redacted data, along with discrete pieces of non-anonymized data in limited, appropriate circumstances,” as allowed under the injunction.

It's a shame the government has the data to begin with ... but yeah, I'd just as soon Elon's pimply-faced dweebs don't have access to it.

 

[wizardwatson]

Split 4th Cir. Upholds DOGE Social Security Access Restrictions​

It's a shame the government has the data to begin with ... but yeah, I'd just as soon Elon's pimply-faced dweebs don't have access to it.

Shucks.

The audacity of the Federal Judicial Branch. Why can't they just lay down and do nothing like the Federal Legislative Branch?

Don't they want to make America great?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Major hospital cyberattack sees 6m Social Security numbers and medical data stolen…​

Major hospital cyberattack sees 6m social security numbers stolen

A major breach of a health system saw personal data of 5.5 million patients stolen. The US Department of Health and Human Services has acknowledged the cyberattack.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Huge data breach involving social security numbers could impact millions of Americans​

National Public Data, a background check company, says it believes the breach occurred in December of 2023

Huge data breach involving social security numbers could impact millions of Americans

Over 270 million Americans may have had their social security number leaked on the dark web. The latest breach involved National Public Data, which performs background checks.

www.news5cleveland.com

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Huge numbers of govt employees have had access to "sensitive personal information". And it has been hacked and stolen many times.

Concerns over DOGE accessing data seem disingenuous, and more political theater than serious data security concerns.

 

[PAF]

Huge numbers of govt employees have had access to "sensitive personal information". And it has been hacked and stolen many times.

Concerns over DOGE accessing data seem disingenuous, and more political theater than serious data security concerns.

Well then just freely hand it right over to them for Pete's sake!

I have zero trust in Musk as it is. This request just made me trust him even less.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Criminals in robes try to shield criminals robbing the taxpayer and creating fake identities to steal elections.

Fortunately it won't stand.

 

[acptulsa]

Criminals in robes try to shield criminals robbing the taxpayer and creating fake identities to steal elections.

Has Musk even once said he wants the data for the purpose of election security?

And even if he does, you think a South African is the person to do it?

If you got your wish and became king, Idiocracy would become reality.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Has Musk even once said he wants the data for the purpose of election security?

And even if he does, you think a South African is the person to do it?

If you got your wish and became king, Idiocracy would become reality.

He has, and he is the perfect one to do it, because he is the one doing it when nobody else would.

If you got your wish we'd all be dead or enslaved by globalists and their invader pets.

 

[acptulsa]

He has, and he is the perfect one to do it, because he is the one doing it when nobody else would.

Lots of Americans are willing to do it.

If you got your wish we'd all be dead or enslaved by globalists and their invader pets.

You're an asshole thrashing about because your Dear Leader, whom you idolize even above God, keeps coming up with "solutions" which don't solve anything, weapons for countries who kill Christians, and hypocrisy.

I want the job done. But Musk hasn't even ever said that's what he wants the data for. I know you don't like to be confused by facts, but if that was really what he wanted the information for, he'd say so. That's a brainless excuse you pulled out of your ass.

 

[PAF]

He has, and he is the perfect one to do it, because he is the one doing it when nobody else would.

If you got your wish we'd all be dead or enslaved by globalists and their invader pets.

Aren't you one of the ones who wants to boot all foreigners out? And now Musk wants my private data? Could it be because DOGE is working along side Palantir and wants the data for Foundry?

Musk is a citizen of, not one, not two, but 3 different countries, originating from South Africa. He's not even Natural Born here in America.

Musk has Billion$, just like Soros and Gates, with high, high hopes [along with Peter Theil] to control the Globalist Grid.

Musk has teams of people working for him who craft just the right things to say, and is Pied Pipering the people into believing all of the wonderful, glorious ways they can "help", and once they have total control, after it's too late, it will be the New World Technocratic Order.

Come on, @Swordsmyth , show me where I'm wrong. Got the gonads?

 

[Swordsmyth]

Aren't you one of the ones who wants to boot all foreigners out? And now Musk wants my private data? Could it be because DOGE is working along side Palantir and wants the data for Foundry?

Musk is a citizen of, not one, not two, but 3 different countries, originating from South Africa. He's not even Natural Born here in America.

Musk has Billion$, just like Soros and Gates, with high, high hopes [along with Peter Theil] to control the Globalist Grid.

Musk has teams of people working for him who craft just the right things to say, and is Pied Pipering the people into believing all of the wonderful, glorious ways they can "help", and once they have total control, after it's too late, it will be the New World Technocratic Order.

Come on, @Swordsmyth , show me where I'm wrong. Got the gonads?

You just want to keep the left's fraud and election fraud secure.
The government already has your data, but the deepstate doesn't want the fraud exposed, so they get shills, useful idiots, and fellow travelers to make up fantasies about why only the career leftist bureaucrats running the fraud should be able to see the books.

 

[acptulsa]

You just want to keep the left's fraud and election fraud secure.

Provide proof Musk has even said that's why he wants the data or it's all over the top shark-jumping fantasy you pulled out of your ass.

 

[PAF]

You just want to keep the left's fraud and election fraud secure.
The government already has your data, but the deepstate doesn't want the fraud exposed, so they get shills, useful idiots, and fellow travelers to make up fantasies about why only the career leftist bureaucrats running the fraud should be able to see the books.

Yeah, this U.S. government already has my data. But I have no want/desire to plant that data into Foundry for all other governments to share, least of all Globalist Technocrats who make their fortunes via Big Government Surveillance/Military Contracts and off the tax payer dime.

Trump: Making the deep state deeper.

Do you even know what Foundry is?

 

[Swordsmyth]

Provide proof Musk has even said that's why he wants the data or it's all over the top shark-jumping fantasy you pulled out of your ass.

He's said it multiple times, you go look for it or remain ignorant and look foolish, I don't care.

 

[PAF]

He's said it multiple times, you go look for it or remain ignorant and look foolish, I don't care.

I know what he "said". I heard it. But you fail to admit:

Aren't you one of the ones who wants to boot all foreigners out? And now Musk wants my private data? Could it be because DOGE is working along side Palantir and wants the data for Foundry?

Musk is a citizen of, not one, not two, but 3 different countries, originating from South Africa. He's not even Natural Born here in America.

Musk has Billion$, just like Soros and Gates, with high, high hopes [along with Peter Theil] to control the Globalist Grid.

Musk has teams of people working for him who craft just the right things to say, and is Pied Pipering the people into believing all of the wonderful, glorious ways they can "help", and once they have total control, after it's too late, it will be the New World Technocratic Order.

Come on, @Swordsmyth , show me where I'm wrong. Got the gonads?

Yeah, this U.S. government already has my data. But I have no want/desire to plant that data into Foundry for all other governments to share, least of all Globalist Technocrats who make their fortunes via Big Government Surveillance/Military Contracts and off the tax payer dime.

Trump: Making the deep state deeper.

Do you even know what Foundry is?

 

[Swordsmyth]

I know what he "said". I heard it. But you fail to admit:

You can fantasize and proclaim all you want, but it won't make it true.

The left wants to keep the monetary and election fraud going and you are helping them.

 

[acptulsa]

The left wants to keep the monetary and election fraud going and you are helping them.

There are other ways to accomplish the goal than to hand everyone's personal data over to a South African techie who has presided over the loss of mass amounts of such data in the past.

You claim there's only one way to do it and one person to do it, but all that means is you have blinders on.

If you don't want it done our way you don't want it done at all is an argument socialists use, commie pinko. And there's nobody farther left than a commie pinko, even if he is racist, xenophobic and chicken enough to turn his back on the Lord.

 

[PAF]

You can fantasize and proclaim all you want, but it won't make it true.

The left wants to keep the monetary and election fraud going and you are helping them.

Oh, and right doesn't do that

It's not left versus right, it's liberty versus tyranny.

But you're so wrapped up in your warped views you can't even comprehend what that means. You don't get the fact that once up in DC, there is no such thing as parties - other than those who attend the party who want to control and profit off of your life.

 

[PAF]

Aren't you one of the ones who wants to boot all foreigners out? And now Musk wants my private data? Could it be because DOGE is working along side Palantir and wants the data for Foundry?

Musk is a citizen of, not one, not two, but 3 different countries, originating from South Africa. He's not even Natural Born here in America.

Musk has Billion$, just like Soros and Gates, with high, high hopes [along with Peter Theil] to control the Globalist Grid.

Musk has teams of people working for him who craft just the right things to say, and is Pied Pipering the people into believing all of the wonderful, glorious ways they can "help", and once they have total control, after it's too late, it will be the New World Technocratic Order.

Come on, @Swordsmyth , show me where I'm wrong. Got the gonads?

Yeah, this U.S. government already has my data. But I have no want/desire to plant that data into Foundry for all other governments to share, least of all Globalist Technocrats who make their fortunes via Big Government Surveillance/Military Contracts and off the tax payer dime.

Trump: Making the deep state deeper.

Do you even know what Foundry is?

^^ Relevant info ^^

 

[Brian4Liberty]

IIRC, DOGE was finding people receiving Social Security that were over 120 years old. That's about the time when Norm Eisen and his friends in the judiciary started blocking access.

From a tech standpoint, accessing that data in combination with other sources can be used to clean-up the Social Security rolls. That, of course, is what the leftist deep state wants to avoid.

Meanwhile, the California State Legislator seeks to decriminalize welfare fraud. So the Democrat strategy here is delay any efforts to find waste, fraud and abuse until they can make all of that waste, fraud abuse legal.