The Treasury Department has agreed to restrict access to its financial data systems by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) following a lawsuit alleging violations of federal privacy laws. The lawsuit, filed by union members and retirees, claimed that DOGE's access to the government's payment and collections system, including personal data, was unlawful. The proposed order limits access to two special government employees from DOGE, while barring the sharing of payment records with Musk or any external parties.
The agreement came in response to a lawsuit accusing Treasury of committing an"unlawful action" by giving private info to Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency.
"And the longer that the private information of Plaintiffs’ members remains accessible to unauthorized third parties, the greater the irreparable injury is. After all, as long as the sensitive data of Plaintiffs’ members remains accessible to Mr. Musk and other members of DOGE, the more opportunity there is for that data to be disclosed to still more unauthorized third parties, either accidentally or deliberately," they added.
“The allegation that that information is being shared with third parties outside of Treasury is incorrect,” said the attorney, Bradley Humphreys. He said two DOGE appointees classified as special government employees, the same status held by Musk, have been granted access to the systems, but there is no plan for those two employees, or any other DOGE employee working at the Treasury Department, to share the information with Musk or anyone outside of Treasury.
ELON MUSK DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY TREASURY DEPARTMENT PRIVACY LAWS FEDERAL DATA
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