Yes, seriously. Matt Sepic of Minnesota Public Radio reports: The Department of Natural Resources is notifying about 5,000 Minnesotans that an employee improperly accessed their driving and motor vehicle records. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigated and the employee allegedly involved no longer works for the department, DNR spokesman Chris Niskane said. He could not…
Tag: Minnesota Department of Public Safety Driver and Vehicle Services
Minn. driver’s license data snoopers are difficult to track
Eric Roper of The Star Tribune has been all over the problems with rampant misuse of the Minnesota driver’s license database. In another report yesterday, he focused on the difficulties of finding out who is accessing citizen’s files: The Minnesota Department of Public Safety, which oversees the driver’s license database, refuses to tell people the…
Yet a third alleged breach involving the Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services database
It’s deja vu all over again: there’s another lawsuit in Minnesota over improper access to the state’s driver’s license database. This time, however, it’s not a police officer suing over improper access by colleagues. David Hanners reports: A former Minneapolis bureaucrat claims that co-workers and other city officials repeatedly looked up her state driver’s license…
Defendant: Snooping was rife at Minneapolis City Hall
Eric Roper reports: A top Minneapolis employee facing a criminal charge of misusing driver’s license records argued in court Thursday that he’s being unfairly targeted for a practice that was rampant at City Hall. After 37 years as a city employee, housing inspections director Tom Deegan was put on paid leave in September when prosecutors…