https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyQV2bgqEy8
The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the information could be misused or exploited...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-state-department-africa-uganda-aid-medical-data-privacy
"Zimbabwe was being asked to share its biological resources and data over an extended period, with no corresponding guarantee of access to any medical innovations – such as vaccines, diagnostics or treatments – that might result from that shared data," he said. "In essence, our nation would provide the raw materials for scientific discovery without any assurance that the end products would be accessible to our people should a future health crisis emerge."…
Georgia residents entrusted the state with their "sensitive personal information" when they registered to vote, and the Jan. 28 seizure of ballots and other election documents from the Fulton County elections hub "breached that guarantee, infringed constitutional protections of privacy, and interfered with the right to vote," the organizations said in a motion filed late Sunday...
A class action lawsuit argues that the administration's efforts to combine databases of personal information on Americans violate privacy laws and the Constitution...
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5558312/privacy-personal-data-trump-lawsuit-doge
If you're using a VPN to stay safe, this will anger you. You were told a VPN would shield you. Protect your data. Keep you anonymous. But what if the tool you downloaded for privacy was literally designed to watch you?
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans' sensitive personal data...
https://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-kills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/
US health secretary claims data will be used for research but has not addressed privacy concerns and potential misuse…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/autism-national-database-rfk-jr