MNLARS accidentally shares 1,500 motorists' private data with companies

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MNLARS accidentally shares 1,500 motorists' private data with companies
January 3, 2019
https://www.grandforksherald.com/ne...cidentally-shares-1500-motorists-private-data

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety sent letters to 1,500 motorists at the end of December alerting them that names and addresses they requested to have kept private were “inadvertently sent to authorized users.” The firms use the data to administer safety recalls from automakers.

The information was sent to three companies — Experian, Polk and Safety First — as part of bulk files the state is required by law to provide the companies. The files include vehicle identification numbers, vehicle descriptions and names of lien holders in addition to names and addresses that residents can request be kept private.

“The illegal sharing of citizens’ data by the Department of Public Safety is a careless and unacceptable breach of the public trust,” Newman said. “Our government can, and must, do better.”
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