Trump’s Governor’s team can access social security numbers and other sensitive data | Trump administration

U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected a group of unions to prevent Trump administration The government’s narrowing team is known as the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), from accessing sensitive data about Americans.

The Virginia-based Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2-1 ruling that unions are unlikely to violate federal privacy laws by accessing data at the U.S. Department of Education, Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management.

The court refused to block Doge from accessing the agency’s computer systems and data, such as social security numbers and individual citizenship, until the outcome of the case.

The decision reversed an interim injunction issued by a federal judge in Maryland, which was suspended by the Court of Appeal in April.

The institutions involved in the case and the prosecution unions (including the American Federation of Teachers and the Federal Employees Federation) did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Donald Trump After taking office in January, he launched Doge, which was then led by billionaires Elon Musksharply narrowing government bureaucracy and federal spending.

Doge is not a formal government agency, it oversees work and spending cuts in almost every federal agency, and is the focus of many litigation. Musk resigned from May after he fell publicly with Trump in May.

The Fourth Circuit said Tuesday that the union prosecuted with a group of veterans has not proved how they would be injured by accessing the agency’s computer systems. The court said they may also lack legal provisions because the visit is not the “final institutional litigation” that can form the basis of the litigation.

A judge against the objection said it was prudent to temporarily block access to data while the case was played, and that the standards imposed by his colleagues on the plaintiffs were too high.