Drivers Licence on the Internet
The original site is no longer online; links go to the Internet Archive copy.
The claim
Email claims that Internet users can view anyone’s Driver’s License details by visiting a specified website and entering a name, city and state into a search form.
Subject: Serious privacy issue!!! This is serious people… I just deleted mine!!!This is upsetting but I thought I should pass it along. Check your drivers license. Now you can see anyone’s Driver’s License on the Internet, including your own! I just searched for mine and there it was.... picture and all!! Thanks Homeland Security! Where are our rights?
I definitely removed mine. I suggest you do the same...
Go to the web site and check it out. Just enter your name, city and state to see if yours is on file. After your license comes on the screen, click the box marked “Please Remove”. This will remove it from public viewing, but not from law enforcement.
What the fact-checkers found
This story was first published on 12 October 2005
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