The Trump administration team that calls itself the Department of Government Efficiency has gathered a ton of data on people in the U.S. — often without providing answers on exactly how it will be used.

Data experts fear that will many people wary of answering the census and crucial government surveys that produce monthly jobs numbers and other key statistics.

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