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Trump Administration Sued Over Massive 'Interagency Database' of Americans' Private Information
trump is trying to build a nationwide database of voters including social security numbers. This database can be used to suppress the vote or to challenge elections both 2026 and 2028 elections. The Privacy Act does not allow such databases without protections that the trump DOJ do not want to provide.
The trump DOJ is suing a number of states for voter data to help build this database. Here citizens are directly attacking the database while the states are contesting the trump lawsuits.
Trump Administration Sued Over Massive ‘Interagency Database’ of Americans’ Private Information www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
— Ray Beckerman (@raybeckerman.bsky.social) 2025-09-30T18:16:19.085Z
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-administration-sued-over-massive-interagency-database-of-americans-private-information/
Advocacy groups are suing to block the Trump administration’s creation of vast, centralized databases of Americans’ personal information for purging voter rolls and launching criminal investigations.
The groups filed a federal class-action lawsuit Tuesday in Washington D.C. against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the heads of those agencies in their official capacity, alleging violations of federal privacy and regulatory procedure laws.
“The federal government’s secretive and unlawful collection and consolidation of Americans’ personal data is a clear example of the constitutional crisis we are living through,” Celina Stewart, CEO of the League of Women Voters (LWV), one of the plaintiffs, said in a press release announcing the lawsuit. “Our federal government is abusing its power to access American’s personal information, and several states are using that private data to harm voters and our individual right to privacy.”......
The plaintiffs allege that the administration has also consolidated data from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor to create interagency databases holding Social Security numbers, tax information, medical records, biometric data, and children’s case files, all without first providing the public notice and comment period required by law. The lawsuit also claims the defendants exceeded their statutory authorities in developing the interagency databases, violating the Constitution’s separation of powers.
Under the 1974 Privacy Act, whenever the government proposes to use a private individual’s data in a new manner, the agency is required to provide notice in the Federal Register detailing the purpose, to allow the public and Congress to weigh in. To date, there has been no notification published in the Federal Register.
The groups filed a federal class-action lawsuit Tuesday in Washington D.C. against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the heads of those agencies in their official capacity, alleging violations of federal privacy and regulatory procedure laws.
“The federal government’s secretive and unlawful collection and consolidation of Americans’ personal data is a clear example of the constitutional crisis we are living through,” Celina Stewart, CEO of the League of Women Voters (LWV), one of the plaintiffs, said in a press release announcing the lawsuit. “Our federal government is abusing its power to access American’s personal information, and several states are using that private data to harm voters and our individual right to privacy.”......
The plaintiffs allege that the administration has also consolidated data from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor to create interagency databases holding Social Security numbers, tax information, medical records, biometric data, and children’s case files, all without first providing the public notice and comment period required by law. The lawsuit also claims the defendants exceeded their statutory authorities in developing the interagency databases, violating the Constitution’s separation of powers.
Under the 1974 Privacy Act, whenever the government proposes to use a private individual’s data in a new manner, the agency is required to provide notice in the Federal Register detailing the purpose, to allow the public and Congress to weigh in. To date, there has been no notification published in the Federal Register.
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