U.S. Court Blocks Government Access to Personal Data

According to BlockBeats, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman has issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing personal data held by the U.S. Departments of Education, Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management. This legal action follows a lawsuit filed last month in a Maryland federal court by a coalition of unions, led by the American Federation of Teachers. The lawsuit accuses the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump of allowing DOGE, under the leadership of Elon Musk, to access systems containing personal information of millions of Americans without their consent, allegedly violating federal privacy laws. Judge Boardman noted that the government failed to adequately justify why DOGE needed access to "millions of records" to fulfill its duties.