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Privacy practices, like deidentification and data suppression, often obstruct data access, disproportionately affect American Indian and Alaska Native populations, and exacerbate health disparities. The 2020-2024 syphilis outbreak illustrates how restricted data access impedes effective public health responses. These practices represent a source of structuralized violence throughout the US public health system that contributes to the data genocide of American Indian and Alaska Native populations. 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