The article outlines how the U.S. federal government possesses a wide variety of sensitive personal information about its citizens, stored across multiple agencies like the Treasury and the Social Security Administration. It emphasizes the risk and implications of this information being scattered yet accessible. With President Trump’s recent executive order, there is a move towards consolidating these records into a unified database, raising concerns about privacy and the potential misuse of such comprehensive data on American citizens.
The federal government holds extensive personal data on citizens across various agencies, including financial, health, and social information, which are often disconnected.
President Trump’s recent executive order aims to consolidate these disparate records, potentially creating a comprehensive data trove about American citizens.
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