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NYT: What the Government Knows About You in Official Data Sets Trump Wants to Link Together
NYT - (archived: https://archive.ph/N16Ra ) What the Government Knows About You in Official Data Sets Trump Wants to Link Together
Databases that Elon Musk’s team is trying to access include more than 300 personal details about members of the U.S. public.
By Emily Badger and Sheera Frenkel
April 9, 2025, 10:54 a.m. ET
The federal government knows your mother’s maiden name and your bank account number. The student debt you hold. Your disability status. The company that employs you and the wages you earn there. And that’s just a start.
It may also know your ...
Active-duty military status
Addiction treatment records
Adjusted gross income
Adopted child’s name
Adverse credit history
Alimony paid
Business debts canceled or forgiven
Charitable contributions
Child support received
Country of birth
Country of citizenship
Credit and debit card numbers
Criminal history
Date of birth
Date of hiring
Dependent Social Security numbers
Disability entitlement
Driver’s license or state ID number
Effective tax rate
Employer name
Employment termination dates
Farm income/loss
Foreign business partners
Full name
Gambling income
Health provider name and number
High school
Home/personal phone number
Incarceration status
IP address
Marital status
Marriage certificate
Medical diagnoses
Mother’s maiden name
Moving expenses
Nonresident alien status
Parent educational attainment
Passport number
Personal bank account number
Personal email address
Personal taxpayer ID number
Place of birth
Prior status in foster care
Reason for separation (for unemployment claims)
Social Security number
Sources of income
Spouse’s demographic information
Student loan defaults
Taxable I.R.A. distributions
U.S. visa number
and at least 264 more categories of data.
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Databases that Elon Musk’s team is trying to access include more than 300 personal details about members of the U.S. public.
By Emily Badger and Sheera Frenkel
April 9, 2025, 10:54 a.m. ET
The federal government knows your mother’s maiden name and your bank account number. The student debt you hold. Your disability status. The company that employs you and the wages you earn there. And that’s just a start.
It may also know your ...
Active-duty military status
Addiction treatment records
Adjusted gross income
Adopted child’s name
Adverse credit history
Alimony paid
Business debts canceled or forgiven
Charitable contributions
Child support received
Country of birth
Country of citizenship
Credit and debit card numbers
Criminal history
Date of birth
Date of hiring
Dependent Social Security numbers
Disability entitlement
Driver’s license or state ID number
Effective tax rate
Employer name
Employment termination dates
Farm income/loss
Foreign business partners
Full name
Gambling income
Health provider name and number
High school
Home/personal phone number
Incarceration status
IP address
Marital status
Marriage certificate
Medical diagnoses
Mother’s maiden name
Moving expenses
Nonresident alien status
Parent educational attainment
Passport number
Personal bank account number
Personal email address
Personal taxpayer ID number
Place of birth
Prior status in foster care
Reason for separation (for unemployment claims)
Social Security number
Sources of income
Spouse’s demographic information
Student loan defaults
Taxable I.R.A. distributions
U.S. visa number
and at least 264 more categories of data.
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