Monday, June 29, 2026

‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears

The NDS built and now operates four public federal websites: ndstudio.gov, trumprx.gov, realfood.gov and trumpaccounts.gov. All four ran commercial visitor-tracking software, configured to evade the privacy tools many web users install, and none carry the public filings federal privacy law requires under laws including the Privacy Act of 1974 and the E-Government Act of 2002. 

Separately, none of the NDS’s spending or its arrangements with outside vendors appears in USAspending, the federal contracting database, raising questions about how it is funded and overseen…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/28/government-website-visitor-tracking-surveillance-fears


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