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 ...

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 ...

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

The company that operates Snapchat asked a federal judge this week to put on hold — or reject — a lawsuit filed by Florida ...

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 U.S. Department of Agriculture requested personally identifiable information from SNAP recipients including names, dates ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier this month requested sensitive data from states about participants in the ...

Privacy and hunger relief groups suing the federal government over the Trump administration’s attempts to collect the ...