This post was updated Feb. 13 at 11:58 p.m.

The Trump administration agreed to pause Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s access to student information after the UC Student Association sued to stop it.

The agreement will temporarily cease the disclosure of the United States Department of Education’s personal and financial information to DOGE through Monday. The Washington Post reported Thursday that DOGE employees had access to personal information within the Department of Education, which collects information such as names, social security numbers and financial data from the over 42 million American students with federal loans.

Representatives from Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service have fed sensitive data from across the Education Department into artificial intelligence software to probe the agency’s programs and spending, according to two people with knowledge of the DOGE team’s actions.

A New York federal judge also blocked DOGE from accessing a Treasury Department payment system Saturday.

UC Student Association President Aditi Hariharan said in an emailed statement to the Daily Bruin that the Department of Education breached students’ trust by providing their personal information to DOGE. She added that UCSA is seeking a full account of what information the Department of Education has already shared with DOGE in addition to an order stopping the information from being shared.

“When we gave the Department of Education our personal information, we believed they would only use it to help us achieve our dreams of going to college,” Hariharan said in the statement. “Now that it’s been reported that DOGE is accessing our information, it’s important for us to speak up against this incredible betrayal of trust.”

The lawsuit cites the Privacy Act of 1974, which restricts a government agency from providing personal information to any person or to another agency without permission, said Alex Alben, a lecturer at the UCLA School of Law.

He added that the UCSA likely elected to sue the Department of Education as opposed to making DOGE the defendant because the former is responsible for safeguarding student records.

“The Department of Education is the custodian of student records,” he said. “That gives the Department of Education the responsibility to keep those records safe and to keep them private.”

A ruling in favor of the UCSA could result in DOGE being blocked from accessing all government data or solely data housed in the Department of Education, Alben said.

“It really depends on how broadly a judge in the case would view the violation and whether the temporary restraining order that is being requested would appropriately cover other agencies as well,” he said.

Alben added that the court should explore if the people given access to student records were temporarily employed or approved by the Department of Education, something which could serve as a potential argument for defendants.

Hariharan said in the statement that she believes sharing information with DOGE puts students at an increased risk of identity theft, fraud and personal data reaching other third parties without consent.

“These privacy violations and security risks make us question whether we should turn over data to the Department (Department of Government Efficiency) in the future, which would hinder our ability to pay for college and potentially graduate school,” she said in the statement.