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Scoring on DL Numbers
The Federal Court of
Appeals recently ruled that Congress does not have the authority to
prohibit state motor vehicle departments from disclosing the personal
information contained in individual driverís
records.
In a split decision
released September 3, 1998, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
affirmed a lower court ruling in Condon v Reno (No. 97-2554, 4th
Cir.) that found the federal Driverís Privacy Protection Act
(DPPA) to be unconstitutional.
The Fourth circuit said
Congress had exceeded its authority to enact legislation under the
Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution when it enacted the
DPPA2.
2. The federal DPPA
(Public Law 103-332) prohibits what type of personal information
found in state motor vehicle records can be released and how the
information may be used. Have you seen the new movie Enemy of the
State?
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