A U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that companies that resell personal information from motor vehicle records are subject to a “duty of reasonable care before disclosing such information pursuant to the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA),” Bloomberg BNA reports. The court ruled on July 31 in Gordon v. Softeach Int’l that “Given the nature of information available through motor vehicle records—e.g., Social Security number, medical or disability information and home address—the DPPA’s purpose would be severely undermined if resellers’ disclosures were not subject to a duty of reasonable inquiry.”
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