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Welcome to the United States, where your own government is making money on from your sensitive information... As a European, this bothers me on so many levels. Government should not for one, sell your personal data and furthermore should make sure if it provides access to it, that it isn't used for anything marketing like.
Welcome to the United States, where your own government is making money on from your sensitive information... As a European, this bothers me on so many levels. Government should not for one, sell your personal data and furthermore should make sure if it provides access to it, that it isn't used for anything marketing like.
Welcome to the United States, where your own government is making money on from your sensitive information... As a European, this bothers me on so many levels. Government should not for one, sell your personal data and furthermore should make sure if it provides access to it, that it isn't used for anything marketing like.
Many European countries are the same, e.g. governments made sure GDPR doesn't apply to them. For example in Germany government sells data.
> The I-Team wanted to know how much of that money came from marketing firms, but the agency in charge of driver information estimated it would take 154 hours of research and cost nearly $3,000 for the state to give taxpayers an answer. I'm no rocket scientist but $3,000 (USD) is less than $77M (USD), yeah? > That’s because Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said companies buying data on Floridia…
Serious answer, but I'd guess background checks and such?
> The I-Team wanted to know how much of that money came from marketing firms, but the agency in charge of driver information estimated it would take 154 hours of research and cost nearly $3,000 for the state to give taxpayers an answer. I'm no rocket scientist but $3,000 (USD) is less than $77M (USD), yeah? > That’s because Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said companies buying data on Floridia…
> What did they expect it to be used for? Genealogy reports? /s Serious answer, but I'd guess background checks and such?
Without explicit consent from the person being checked? That still seems to be a privacy violation to me.
Welcome to the United States, where your own government is making money on from your sensitive information... As a European, this bothers me on so many levels. Government should not for one, sell your personal data and furthermore should make sure if it provides access to it, that it isn't used for anything marketing like.
Many European countries are the same, e.g. governments made sure GDPR doesn't apply to them. For example in Germany government sells data.
This seems like a hidden form of taxation. Instead of paying money, citizens pay "taxes" with their private data.