CenDemTech
“The groups — CDT, Protect Democracy & EPIC — sent a letter to Conduent State & Local Solutions, Fidelity Information Services and Solutran, calling on the electronics benefits vendors to refuse the federal govt’s request for sensitive personal info of SNAP users….” https://statescoop.com/trump-snap-usda-data-concerns-cdt-2025/
Advocacy groups urge SNAP providers to protect user data from Trump administration

Advocacy groups are asking financial services providers to refuse the federal government’s request to share the sensitive personal information of SNAP users.

StateScoop
May 19 at 7:15pmWeb
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“....The data includes Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and benefit amounts.” https://statescoop.com/trump-snap-usda-data-concerns-cdt-2025/
Advocacy groups urge SNAP providers to protect user data from Trump administration

Advocacy groups are asking financial services providers to refuse the federal government’s request to share the sensitive personal information of SNAP users.

StateScoop
Show threadCenDemTechMay 19
“The letter highlights that the USDA’s data collection efforts, prompted by Donald Trump’s March 20 executive order aimed at reducing information silos, bypass established privacy protections.” Read the full letter: https://cdt.org/insights/cdt-joins-call-for-snap-payment-processors-to-refuse-usda-data-requests/
CDT Joins Call for SNAP Payment Processors to Refuse USDA Data Requests

This week, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) joined Protect Democracy and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in calling on the private companies that process Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments to refuse the federal government’s unprecedented, and likely illegal, request to access sensitive information about tens of millions of Americans who receive […]

Center for Democracy and Technology
Show threadCenDemTechMay 19
CDT’s Elizabeth Laird: “This is an effort to grab sensitive personal info that intentionally and wisely hasn’t been shared with the federal govt…”
Show threadCenDemTechMay 19
….States collected this data to administer a program that feeds tens of millions low-income families, & forcing them to turn it over for unknown purposes is an alarming data privacy threat.” https://statescoop.com/trump-snap-usda-data-concerns-cdt-2025/
Advocacy groups urge SNAP providers to protect user data from Trump administration

Advocacy groups are asking financial services providers to refuse the federal government’s request to share the sensitive personal information of SNAP users.

StateScoop
Show threadCenDemTechMay 19
“Laird added that sharing this information also increases the risk of data breaches, which can lead to identity theft and scams.” https://statescoop.com/trump-snap-usda-data-concerns-cdt-2025/
Advocacy groups urge SNAP providers to protect user data from Trump administration

Advocacy groups are asking financial services providers to refuse the federal government’s request to share the sensitive personal information of SNAP users.

StateScoop
Show threadCenDemTechMay 19
CDT’s Elizabeth Laird: “USDA’s likely illegal actions are the first confirmed instance of the Trump Admin making good on their recent commitment to coerce the disclosure of data from federally-funded state programs.” https://statescoop.com/trump-snap-usda-data-concerns-cdt-2025/
Advocacy groups urge SNAP providers to protect user data from Trump administration

Advocacy groups are asking financial services providers to refuse the federal government’s request to share the sensitive personal information of SNAP users.

StateScoop
Show threadCenDemTechMay 19
Elizabeth Laird: “We urge SNAP payment processors to stand up for privacy & refuse to facilitate this broad and dangerous attempt at govt overreach.” https://statescoop.com/trump-snap-usda-data-concerns-cdt-2025/
Advocacy groups urge SNAP providers to protect user data from Trump administration

Advocacy groups are asking financial services providers to refuse the federal government’s request to share the sensitive personal information of SNAP users.

StateScoop