The Oregon DMV Gives Murderers Access to Your Data

This one, I can hardly believe. Did you know that if you call the Oregon state DMV, the person you speak with there might be a convicted felon? And they would have access to your sensitive personal information (DMV data is some of the most sensitive information you can imagine). But wait, good news. The Oregon DMV reassures us that while you may speak with a rapist or killer, don’t worry, because they won’t let someone convicted of identity theft man the phones. Well then, no worries!

David House,  a spokesman for the Oregon DMV said, "Yes, there can be murderers, rapists, drug possession, but if they were convicted of identity theft, they wouldn't be able to work for us."

Do they realize how easy it is to commit identity theft? All you need to do is see a SSN, write it down, and give it to someone else to commit fraud. This story was reported back in 2005 by KATU 2 - Portland, Oregon, but I just happened upon it recently. 

Comments

[sbind]

It burns me up when i see people being so free with other peoples information. I once asked a payroll director for a list of the emplyees in a business (i did some work for tehm) and she sent me every employee along with all their social security numbers. Not only that, but when i requested teh info a second time, I told her to leave out the socials... well guess what... she forgot and sent them all again.