DOGE Privacy Act Requests
jamieraskin.com
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26738203

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U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has issued an injunction commanding DOGE to comply with citizen requests under the Freedom of Information Act. This law encompasses the Federal Privacy Act of 1974, which entitles any citizen to access personal information held in any U.S. government records system. Please find a fillable Privacy Act request form HERE.

Citizens need only fill out the form and mail it in to DOGE. This newly recognized federal agency, which has been systematically accessing government computer data systems, now has an obligation to respond to specific information demands from any of the 340 million U.S. citizens who exercise their legal right to defend their privacy and establish the security of their private information.

Once you have mailed a Privacy Act Request to DOGE, please fill out the form HERE and we will stay in touch with additional details and updates as they become available.

  • Lexam@lemmy.world
    43·
    2 days ago

    I love the idea. I feel so sorry for the one person who is left in the department for FOIA requests.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        24 hours ago

        And then we can all individually file lawsuits against DOGE. No class action.

        We can automate that, too. I’d be more than happy to work with a similarly-charitably-minded lawyer to automate the document generation process for filing the lawsuits, based on the particular context of DOGE’s individual response (or lack thereof).

        Seriously - if you know the legal things around this stuff, DM me; we can probably whiteboard out the reasonably common cases.

        And before you ask: no; LLMs are not the answer here.