Privacy and hunger relief groups and a handful of people receiving food assistance benefits are suing the federal government ...

The suit claims that efforts to get sensitive information about food aid recipients from states violates federal privacy laws ...

One payment processor has so far signaled to states that it intends to turn over data about millions of Americans to the federal government even as privacy groups warn that the request is illegal.

A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture's demand for sensitive data about millions of food assistance recipients violates federal privacy laws. Meanwhile some states ...