Judge leaves DOGE privacy restraining order in place for Treasury computers
( February 11, 2025, 18:55 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A federal judge in New York has left a temporary restraining order in place that restricts political appointees with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing millions of Americans' personal data stored on Bureau of the Fiscal Service computers. "There was a sound factual basis for this central dimension of the TRO," US District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas wrote in an order that clarified that the Senate-confirmed Secretary of the Treasury does have access to the BFS system.See attached order....
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