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

A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture's demand for sensitive data about millions of food assistance recipients violates federal privacy laws. Meanwhile some states ...

In response, SNAP recipients, privacy advocates ... As federal and state tensions mount, the lawsuit could determine whether sensitive personal data from over 40 million SNAP recipients remains ...

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 ...