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Here's All of the Data That Elon Musk's DOGE May Have on You and Your Family - Gizmodo
As Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency burrows through the federal government like a tape worm, it has increasingly requested (and been given) access to large amounts of information on the American public. Now, the New York Times has assembled a modest list of all the data that Musk’s organization could potentially gain access to about the average American and it’s really something to behold. If you’re someone who values their privacy, it’s also sorta terrifying.
The Times reports that the Trump administration is attempting to centralize a host of datasets from agencies across the government, with the apparent goal of the “consolidation” of those siloed records. This, the newspaper says, raises “the prospect of creating a kind of data trove about Americans that the government has never had before.”
The list of potential data categories that DOGE could access via this effort includes credit and debit card numbers, your employer’s name, your IP address, the high school and/or college you went to, your mother’s maiden name, medical and academic records, your spouse’s personal information, tax, credit, health, and employment history, and much, much more. DOGE has sought to gain access to this information via its forced liaisons with a multitude of agencies, including the departments of Education, Labor, Social Security, Treasury, and Health and Human Services, as well as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the General Services Administration, and the Office of Personnel Management.
Indeed, the newspaper says that it has identified approximately “80 data systems in total that have been targeted by DOGE,” though it also notes that its analysis is limited in that it only pertains to systems that “contain personal information about the American public,” and doesn’t include those that might pertain specifically to businesses and federal workers. The complete list provided by the newspaper, which is described as data contained in “the systems DOGE has sought access to,” is as follows:
The Times reports that the Trump administration is attempting to centralize a host of datasets from agencies across the government, with the apparent goal of the “consolidation” of those siloed records. This, the newspaper says, raises “the prospect of creating a kind of data trove about Americans that the government has never had before.”
The list of potential data categories that DOGE could access via this effort includes credit and debit card numbers, your employer’s name, your IP address, the high school and/or college you went to, your mother’s maiden name, medical and academic records, your spouse’s personal information, tax, credit, health, and employment history, and much, much more. DOGE has sought to gain access to this information via its forced liaisons with a multitude of agencies, including the departments of Education, Labor, Social Security, Treasury, and Health and Human Services, as well as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the General Services Administration, and the Office of Personnel Management.
Indeed, the newspaper says that it has identified approximately “80 data systems in total that have been targeted by DOGE,” though it also notes that its analysis is limited in that it only pertains to systems that “contain personal information about the American public,” and doesn’t include those that might pertain specifically to businesses and federal workers. The complete list provided by the newspaper, which is described as data contained in “the systems DOGE has sought access to,” is as follows:
https://gizmodo.com/heres-all-of-the-data-that-elon-musks-doge-may-have-on-you-and-your-family-2000587154
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