Quote:Viollis said the state is selling driving records, addresses, makes of cars, and even dates of birth. That raises the risk, he said, of someone “actually becoming someone else — your information being used by someone else so people can become you.”

But the state said there is a good reason to sell the information – that it needs to be done so drivers can be notified of recalls. The state said it also sells the information to insurance companies, courts and employers who need to verify driving records.

But state Assemblyman Kevin Cahill (D-Kingston) does not agree with the practice.

“You have to register your car, but you shouldn’t have to give away your information,” he said.

Cahill is sponsoring a law that would let drivers decide if they want the information sold.

“What my bill does is it gives people the opportunity to make that decision for themselves,” he said.