A group of American taxpayers and recipients of government assistance filed a class action lawsuit against Elon Musk and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent for sharing Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Department of Treasury (Treasury) databases with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In order to pay taxes or receive government benefits, the plaintiffs provided the Treasury and OPM with their highly sensitive personal information, including Social Security Numbers, home addresses, and health information. The plaintiffs argued that Elon Musk violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by deliberately accessing protected information stored in a government computer, and that the OPM and the Treasury violated the Privacy Act by failing to ask for the plaintiffs' consent before sharing their information with another person or agency. The plaintiffs requested that the court find the data sharing with DOGE unlawful and require the defendants to pay monetary damages.
On May 15, 2025, the plaintiffs submitted a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal without prejudice.
