Last Updated 16th of July, 2010

Who is forbidden to view my personal information on my driving record?

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Anyone who is not exempt under federal and state laws is forbidden to view personal information on your driving record. Privacy laws only permit certain authorized people, such as government employees, the courts, attorneys, and private detectives, to view personal information on your driving record.

At first glance, there are a number of individuals and companies who can access your private information on your driving record. Most federal and state laws allow for justifiably interested parties to access personal information such as your address, phone number, gender, age, and so on. People exempt from privacy laws include:
  • Governmental agency employees
  • Attorneys
  • Process servers
  • Health and education researchers
  • Insurance companies
  • Tow companies
  • Lien Holders
  • Commercial driving employers
  • Private toll companies
  • Bulk advertisers
  • News media in some cases
  • Accident victims
  • Anyone whose business necessitates learning the identity of a vehicle owner

That list includes a lot of people, and many privacy advocates bemoan the liberality with which private information can be accessed on your driving record. Yet privacy protections are much better than they used to be with regard to driving records. It used to be that anyone could obtain your address and phone number, among other information, by simply contacting the DMV. Today, any individual absent from the exempt list is forbidden from viewing personal information on your driving record.

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