While this is worth writing an article about, the headline seems slanted to draw clicks. I think a more accurate characterization would be as follows. By state

While this is worth writing an article about, the headline seems slanted to draw clicks. I think a more accurate characterization would be as follows. By state law, some information in a licensed driver's record is public. The DMV regulates access to the information, and charges a fee for the service. The point to emphasize -- and criticize -- is the law that says the information is public. This is the thing that has to be addressed if the situation needs to change. The DMV is just executing that law, not, as implied by the headline, going rogue and nefariously trying to make some extra bucks by auctioning off citizens' info.