Privacy and hunger relief groups and a handful of people receiving food assistance benefits are suing the federal government ...

The federal government told states to turn over names, birthdates, Social Security numbers and other sensitive data about ...

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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture requested the collection of SNAP recipients' personal data, which was met with legal action.

The suit claims that efforts to get sensitive information about food aid recipients from states violates federal privacy laws ...

A coalition of SNAP recipients and hunger, privacy and student ... into the letter." The lawsuit will continue. One of the plaintiffs' arguments is that the USDA's data request is "arbitrary ...

A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture's demand for sensitive data about millions of food assistance recipients violates federal privacy laws. Meanwhile some states ...

In new guidance issued earlier this month, the USDA told states they must turn over data to the agency, through their third-party payment processors, “including but not limited to” names ...