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It was clear that in the early 80's, the state of New Jersey offered no such privacy.

An ex-boyfriend, who I left because he was beating the crap out of me, found me because he had access to such information. There were no anti-stalking laws or anything 20 years ago, so I had no choice but to move out of state.

IMO, NO information such as this should be made public in the first place. With all the domestic partner abuse out there, there should be some way for the abusee to hide from the abuser.

I also had grounds to sue what was once New Jersey Bell...because I paid for an unlisted, unpublished number...but some chick that psycho-asshole was fucking on the side worked for the phone company, and gave him my new number. But I was scared for my life, and didn't want to hang around long enough to do it.

I need to check out the laws in Messychusetts about this! But if this loser ex ever came here NOW...Mike would kill him. A good side benefit of being married to a former military man!

Scary, scary shit!

¤ ¤ credit: christine m. | 07.08.03 at 06:48 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

I saw this on the news down here in Miami today. Of course I signed up immediately.

I've decided to blame all the problems I've had while living in Florida the past seven years on the fact that my public records were available to everyone until today. ;)

¤ ¤ credit: Kat | 07.08.03 at 08:31 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Georgia, too. They sell all DMV info as a matter of course. California did as well, as of 1995 (when I moved away from there and back down south). The might have changed the law - but I doubt it.

¤ ¤ credit: kelley | 07.08.03 at 10:03 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

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¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 07.09.03 at 06:27 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Federal Driver Privacy Protection Act has made all states comply with the privacy provisions, no matter what they did in the past. Go Big Govt!

¤ ¤ credit: kd | 07.09.03 at 10:09 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

I can just see it now...the fine, upstanding, hard working buttweasels currently masquerading as the Florida Legislature will probably start crying about all the lost revenue from the now-private info they can no longer sell. With their mindset, they'll probably try to force the DMV to make all the info public again so us poor, misled citizens can rethink our decisions once they've filled us in on their made-up facts.

¤ ¤ credit: Matt C | 07.09.03 at 12:37 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Holy cow. *bows to Robyn* The Hub and I have now very promptly added ourselves to the list of "get your grubby hands off my info."

¤ ¤ credit: Crankydragon | 07.09.03 at 12:54 PM | link--this ¤ ¤