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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...