<story><title>California DMV Is Selling Drivers&apos; Data to Private Investigators</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyzeza/california-dmv-data-private-investigators</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>davidajackson</author><text>&amp;gt;The California DMV told Motherboard &amp;quot;the DMV does not sell information, but recovers the cost of providing information as allowed by law.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This comment seems like a lie, or at the least sly misdirection. According to this article the DMV is making 50M a year and openly admits that they redirect profits to other initiatives, they&amp;#x27;re not just &amp;quot;recovering the cost&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s like saying, &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m a software engineer, I sit at home and recoup the cost of sitting at my computer all day.&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>California DMV Is Selling Drivers&apos; Data to Private Investigators</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyzeza/california-dmv-data-private-investigators</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>devmunchies</author><text>California also takes a mandatory blood sample at birth and they sell it to research firms.</text></comment>