US Consumer groups, federal employees, unions and attorneys general have been filing lawsuits to protect private data being accessed in mass quantities by Elon Musk’s DOGE group. Most cite the Privacy Act of 1974, which prohibits release of federal records without consent, and some do in conjunction with other laws, including, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Federal Information Security Management Act, and the Education Department privacy statute. Requests range from stopping access to requiring deletion of data already obtained.