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The data includes "a nine-digit ZIP code, date of birth, phone number, and email address". That's just asking for identity fraud.
by aussieguy1234 7y ago
The data includes "a nine-digit ZIP code, date of birth, phone number, and email address". That's just asking for identity fraud.
- paulie_a 7y agoThose details are all public record. They are not exactly useful without more information
- Fnoord 7y ago> Those details are all public record. I don't know about the US, but in the EU this is PII, and therefore falls under GDPR.
- paulie_a 7y agoExcept this is an article regarding the USA so the gdpr is irrelevant. Edit: downvote all you want but the us doesn't follow gdpr. The DMV doesn't serve Europe. Much of the world doesn't have to care about the gdpr. The information sold is all easily accessible from public records and a tiny bit of web scraping. Going back to the original point. It's not that easy to steal identities without actual private information
- Fnoord 7y agoHow other countries (in this case an ally) deal with an issue is relevant as it allows you to reflect and learn from it.