The Trump administration has paused its demand for the personal data of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture requested the collection of SNAP recipients' personal data, which was met with legal ...

The federal government told states to turn over names, birthdates, Social Security numbers and other sensitive data about ...

In response to a federal lawsuit, the Agriculture Department said it would refrain, for now, from demanding that states turn ...

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

The suit claims that efforts to get sensitive information about food aid recipients from states violates federal privacy laws ...

The US Department of Agriculture will hold off on its demand for personal data on participants in the Supplemental Nutrition ...

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 ...

The lawsuit will continue. One of the plaintiffs' arguments is that the USDA's data request is "arbitrary and capricious" and should be halted completely. More than 40 million people receive SNAP ...

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 th ...

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 ...