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Ohio collects millions selling driving records with your personal information

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The state of Ohio has collected millions of dollars selling records with your name, address, driver's license number and other personal information so it can be used in all sorts of ways, from crafting insurance policies to screening job candidates.

Since 2005, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles has sold more than 1.39 billion records containing personal information to various companies, municipalities and other customers for about $42 million, according to state records.

Most of those records sold for a fraction of a penny each -- $0.00139 to be exact.

wonder where else this is happening ed: everywhere, actually; duh

and do licensed drivers have a claim to a refund in the amount paid for their records?

 

[sanjuro]

ohio sucks

 

[DaveW]

wonder where else this is happening ed: everywhere, actually; duh

Not here, Privacy laws make it illegal for government agencies to sell or make freely available personal information of that kind.

 

[ohio]

$42million, bitches. I feel bad about it, but you know what I don't feel bad about? My 50ft yacht stocked with Eastern European whores off the coast of Mykonos.

 

[kidwoo]

the coast of Mykonos.

That's a dirty anatomy euphemism isn't it?