A coalition of over twelve US states say they are planning to sue in an effort to exclude the billionaire team Elon Musk at a cost from access to sensitive federal government payment systems containing personal data for Americans.
In a brief statement shared by 13 Democratic Attorney General, such as California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland and New York, the Coalition said he plans to file the lawsuit “for the defense of our Constitution, our right to privacy and privacy Basic funding that individuals and communities at national level are calculated.
The coalition of the states did not say when they planned to submit the lawsuit in which they were looking for the court or what particular relief are the Attorney General. TechCrunch contacted several US governments for comments, but did not hear back.
Planned lawsuit comes days after the Musk team of mainly new private partners from its various businesses, has gained access to top government departments and sets of data, including systems containing the personal information of millions of Americans receiving social security audits and other payments from the federal government. Many of these systems were historically limited to a few executives of the department’s career, given the sensitivity of the data.
Musk and his team, known as the Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge, are now controlling the US Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services and several other basic federal services. Senior Democrats have called on Musk’s access to national security, citing conflicts for his extensive business transactions in China.
Musk, the richest man in the world, has a net value of over $ 400 billion.
While the US does not provide national data protection for Americans, US states have long established laws that require the protection of their residents’ data – including federal government.
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