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Does the Department of Motor Vehicles for your state or country sell your info to car warranty phone scammers?

Asked by LuckyGuy (43690points) May 14th, 2021

Apparently New York State sells information to other companies.
From the NYS DMV site: Sharing your information.
Excerpts:
“Does DMV sell driver license and vehicle information to others?
Yes. DMV makes driver license and vehicle registration information available for a fee using three methods: contract sales, pay-per-search and over-the-counter.”
“DMV collects approximately $2.2 million per year from contract sales.
“DMV collects approximately $58 million per year from pay-per-search sales.
“DMV collects approximately $3.0 million per year from over-the-counter sales.
“The DMV information shared with bus companies, employers, insurance companies, researchers, and motor vehicle manufacturers, through each of the three sharing methods, ...
“Manufacturers rely on DMV’s contract sales program to find and notify current owners of vehicles affected by safety recalls.”

I am getting many calls to “extend my car’s warranty”. Every day I receive at least 2 which are supposed to be my last opportunity.

Is it likely the scammers got my info from a list sold by the DMV?
Do you have the same issue in your state?

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