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Re:California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Invest... by giantg2 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @12:07PM (#24211961)
How can they function without it? If you have a PI serve a subpeona, they need to know the address.

Also, where is your evidence that someone has be hurt?

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Re:California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Invest... by liability on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @12:28PM (#24212272)
> How can they function without it?

Work a little bit harder doing some old fashioned detective work instead of just paying the DMV for their records? It's a bit more work for them but I don't give a damn. Your suggestion that they'd be up shit creek without the DMV is just flat wrong.

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Re:California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Invest... by giantg2 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:12PM (#24212880)
Even for investigations concerning vehicle ownership or theft? The DMV is the golden copy record holder for this information. It seems you have no background in this line of work.
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Re:California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Invest... by lawnchair_larry on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @12:31PM (#24212301)
Most other similar societies around the world do not allow this, yet PIs and process servers still exist.
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Re:California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Invest... by giantg2 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:13PM (#24212895)
And how do they get the information? I would bet it's from the government...
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