Florida DMV sells personal info to private companies, marketing firms
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#2>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 Floridians are not allowed to use that information for marketing.
What did they expect it to be used for? Genealogy reports? /s
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#3This is low, even for Florida.
Re: Florida DMV sells personal info to private companies, marketing firms
#4In India, you can get the complete nation's vehicle data along with personal information of the owners.
They say, data is the new oil, so exploit it!
https://inc42.com/buzz/indian-govt-is-selling-vehicle-owner-...
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#5Welcome 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.
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#6Too funny at how people don't realize they are owned
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#7This is low, even for Florida.
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#8This seems like a hidden form of taxation. Instead of paying money, citizens pay "taxes" with their private data.
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#9I want to be outraged, But feel helpless. What can I do about this?
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#10And one wonders of why identify theft happens. OPM, Health Insurance, IRS, Credit Card companies, different websites you purchase from, have lost our information. Then they give you 1 year of free monitoring like that f.... matters. But to see a government owned agency to sale your personal information is beyond sick.
I hope that one day we get to really be the sole owner of our own PII. Maybe it’s a dream, maybe I am naive, but I sure do hope that day comes.