Privacy Experts Alarmed By New York DMV’s Sale Of Information

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WTF?

from the article:

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.

That last bit in bold is bullshit too. It's a sneaky way of taking your info anyway regardless of what your allow. How many times do you NOT sign up for mailing lists, specifically tell a site not to notify you at all and you are inundated with spam within the hour?

Write to Cahill and tell him to destroy the idea in full. NYS is only using this as a money grab anyway.