Mass. AG sues over federal effort to scoop up data on food assistance recipients

SPRINGFIELD – The Massachusetts Attorney General has joined a group of states challenging the federal government’s efforts to obtain a vast trove of information on people who have received food assistance dating back to January 2020.

Saying the federal government is seeking to disregard federal privacy laws, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell joined about 22 states filing a lawsuit Monday in California to challenge the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s efforts to obtain millions of people’s information…

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