📋 AARP Raises Concern About Social Security Data Security (AARP Article)
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Court documents say an employee with the Department of Government Efficiency agreed to share sensitive data with an outside advocacy group.
By Deirdre Shesgreen, AARP. Published January 21, 2026.
AARP is urging the Social Security Administration (SSA) to take immediate steps to ensure Americans’ private data is protected, after revelations that a non-SSA employee signed a secret agreement to share sensitive SSA data with an outside advocacy group last year.
In a Jan. 16 court filing, Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers disclosed that an employee with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – a federal cost-cutting initiative – agreed to share SSA data with an unidentified political advocacy group.
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