Submit a Civil Liberties Complaint

Submit a Civil Liberties complaint against Musk/DOGE

Email the Treasury Department to submit a civil liberties complaint about Musk/DOGE’s access to your personal information.

Be sure to sign your name, provide your contact information at the bottom, and finally, forward this to everyone you know to do the same.

Simply copy/paste the information and email text below into an email and hit send.

Email address: privacy@treasury.gov

Subject Line: Civil Liberties Complaint

Email text:

Hello, I am making a civil liberties complaint under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a. It has been brought to my attention that Elon Musk and his associates, under the guise of a directive of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) (an IT office in the White House), have acquired access to Treasury Department Records in Systems of Records as defined in the Act. As an individual covered by the Act, I believe that there may be records about me in these Treasury Department systems, and I am concerned for the following reasons:

1. Elon Musk is not an elected official.

2. Even if Musk were an elected official, the System of Records Notices (SORNs) governing the Treasury Department Privacy Act systems do not allow for disclosure to Musk and his associates per the Routine Uses.

3. Disclosure of personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive personally identifiable information (SPII) to Musk and his associates would be an unauthorized disclosure and therefore breach of information.

The Treasury Department must (1) quickly investigate what Privacy Act records that Musk and his associates have unlawfully accessed, (2) reveal to the public what unauthorized disclosures were made, (3) stop further access, (4) force any files acquired by Musk and his associates to be returned and/or permanently destroyed, and (5) seek criminal penalties against Musk and his associates for violations of the Act.

Sincerely, [INSERT NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION]