FC: State DMVs restricted from selling personal info

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33611,00.html

                       DMV Can't Sell Personal Info
                       by Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com)

                       11:25 a.m. 12.Jan.2000 PST
                       State governments may not sell the
                       personal information on drivers licenses,
                       the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled
                       in a far-reaching decision Wednesday.

                       The justices said that a federal law
                       restricting departments of motor vehicles
                       from distributing that data to companies,
                       insurers, and direct marketers without
                       explicit permission is constitutional, and
                       overturned an earlier appeals court
                       decision.

                       [...]


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