U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that while some aspects of Elon Musk and DOGE's legal level of access to federal data remain in doubt, a restraining order cannot be issued unless specific and immediate harms can be demonstrated.
The AI software has reportedly been used to search federal data about agency spending on payroll and programs, something that could potentially violate federal privacy or security regulations if personal information is involved.
Recent DOGE actions in U.S. Treasury computer systems have raised particular privacy concerns and triggered lawsuits. Some government officials and legal experts are claiming that this access to federal data breaches the Privacy Act of 1974 among other regulations.
