The Department of Government Efficiency is attempting to compile a central database featuring sensitive information from multiple federal agencies, raising serious privacy law concerns. A whistleblower report spurred a call for investigation from Rep. Gerry Connolly, as experts warn this unprecedented initiative, led by associates of Elon Musk, could lead to violations of the Privacy Act. Numerous lawsuits are already in progress against this initiative. Privacy advocates express deep concern over the potential disregard for individuals' rights to consent before sharing sensitive data among agencies.
The Privacy Act is really designed to prevent this exact thing from happening, and it's pretty horrifying to watch it playing out now.
It's an egregious disregard towards existing privacy laws.
For one agency to share information with other agencies, they either have to get written consent from the individuals in that database before disclosing the information.
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