President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March that called for the federal government to share data among agencies, which raises questions about whether he might compile a master list of personal data about Americans that could give him incalculable security authority. Trump hasn’t officially discussed the initiative since. However, officials have quietly constructed technical foundations in the background to support his plan. They have turned to one particular business, Palantir, a technology and data research firm. The Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service are also in talks with representatives of Palantir about purchasing its systems. A significant Palantir solution called Foundry has been integrated into at least four federal agencies, including the health and human service department and DHS. According to government officials, Trump’s wide adoption of Foundry, which integrates and discusses data, makes it easier to combine information from various agencies. It’s not just a pipe dream to create thorough portraits of Americans based on government information. Through government data, the Trump presidency has now gotten exposure to hundreds of data points about people and people, including their bank account numbers, student loan, health claims, and any illness position. Trump might use this knowledge to further his social goals by regulating refugees and punishing critics, according to Democratic lawmakers and critics. In a lawsuit to stop data entry, privacy advocates, scholar unions, and labor rights organizations have filed claims, questioning whether the government could use it to elude privacy protections.
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