Department of Homeland Security v. League of Women Voters · ¶5

Various organizations—including the League of Women Voters, its local affiliates, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center—sued DHS, SSA, and other federal actors to challenge the modified SAVE program. As relevant here, they raised three claims. First, they alleged that the modifications violated a confidentiality provision in the Social Security Act that prohibits the disclosure of SSNs and other SSA records. Second, they alleged that the modifications violated substantive and procedural protections in the Privacy Act of 1974, which prohibits the nonconsensual disclosure of certain information and requires that agencies complete a notice-and-comment process for program modifications. Third, they alleged that the modifications were arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).

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