Privacy and hunger relief groups and a handful of people receiving food assistance benefits are suing the federal government ...

The attorneys behind the lawsuit warn the USDA's demand for SNAP data could set a dangerous precedent. States could become "the new battleground in the fight against DOGE's oversteps into the ...

Personal data being shared includes SNAP applications, enrollment history, cardholders' information and transaction history. Some SNAP participants and advocates are concerned about the legality of ...

Indiana is set to send the federal government the name, birth date, home address, Social Security number and dollar value of ...

States and their vendors keep sensitive data on many federally funded programs and benefits, such as for unemployment ...

according to the lawsuit. Other states like Iowa plan to turn over the information, the plaintiffs say. They want a judge to declare the data collection unlawful, to order the USDA to destroy any ...

The lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C., on Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture violated federal privacy laws when it ordered states and vendors to turn over five years of data about ...