Advocacy groups urge SNAP providers to protect user data from Trump administration

CSG discusses protecting students from Trump administration, confirms executive nominations

The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government met Tuesday evening over Zoom to confirm executive nominations and pass resolutions aiming to offer students protection from policies enacted by President Donald Trump’s administration. The meeting began with a brief series of reports from CSG committees. The Student Assembly then moved to confirm a series of executive nominations made by CSG president Eric Veal Jr., including LSA rising ju…

Advocacy groups urge SNAP providers to protect user data from Trump administration

Advocacy groups are asking financial services providers to refuse the federal government’s request to share the sensitive personal information of SNAP users.

SNAP payment processors urged to deny USDA data access requests

Conduent State & Local Solutions, Solutran, and Fidelity Information Services, all of which are electronic benefits vendors supporting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, have been sought by the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Protect Democracy to reject the Department of Agriculture's requests to collect SNAP beneficiaries' personal information in adherence to a March order by Presi…