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A comment on California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Investigators. Parent comment

Re:California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Invest... by HarryHirsch on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @05:26PM (#24216773)
Somehow we fell down a slippery slope where a debt collector got access to unrelated DMV data. This is unacceptable, the alternative is to resist expanding scope.
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Re:California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Invest... by giantg2 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @07:26PM (#24218040)
It is acceptable, that's why the law protecting DMV data categorically allows it, indicating that society approves of that use.

It wasn't a slippery slope - the opposite in fact. The records were practically wide open and the DPPA set the limits on who can access it and for what reasons.

I'd appreciate a real response to my prior comment. Simply stating your opinion that an action is unacceptable does not make for productive discourse.

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