Personal Information on Driving Record

That depends on who’s accessing your driving record. For the most part, anyone can access driving-related information like traffic violations, driver-related convictions, license status or accidents. In addition, certain authorized personnel can access more personal information such as social security number, address and photo.

Your Rights

No doubt you’d like to protect your personal information as much as possible. No one wants strangers to be able to access private information about them. Unfortunately, there are public databases like driving records that contain all kinds of sensitive information about you, so it’s important to know what your rights are.

Since driving records are public records, virtually anyone can access information about your driving history to learn about your previous accidents, tickets, suspensions and so on. One exception is your employer or prospective employer, who is required by federal law to get your permission first before conducting any kind of background check.

But there is also a lot of other personal information on your driving record available to certain parties. Such information includes your address, phone number, social security number, photo, and disability status.

Only authorized personnel, such as governmental agencies, courts and private detectives are allowed access to this information, not your employer.

Checking Your Record

Are you worried about what personal information may be available on your driving record? Then it’s a good idea to check your driving record to see what others might be able to find out about you. You can check with the DMV, but it’s much faster and easier to order your driving record online.