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

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

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

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

In a sworn declaration, USDA official Shiela Corley said the agency has not collected SNAP recipient data after telling the ...

A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture's demand for sensitive data about millions of food assistance recipients violates federal privacy laws. Meanwhile some states ...

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

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 ...