Democratic lawmakers have raised serious concerns regarding the USDA's plan to collect extensive personal data from food assistance recipients. They emphasized in a letter to Secretary Brooke Rollins that demanding data such as citizenship status and Social Security numbers is unnecessary, given that effective anti-fraud measures are already in place. The initiative stems from a directive linked to immigration enforcement efforts, which lawmakers argue could undermine trust in vital assistance programs. They point out significant privacy and cybersecurity risks associated with such comprehensive data collection.
Democratic lawmakers emphasized that there is no justification for the USDA's sweeping data collection on food assistance recipients, highlighting privacy risks and existing fraud protections.
The USDA's unprecedented data collection includes sensitive information such as names, birth dates, and Social Security numbers, raising significant privacy and cybersecurity concerns.
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