Applying for a job or a rental property often means handing over personal information. However, that does not give employers or landlords unlimited access to your private history. Both state and federal law place firm boundaries on how they must handle that...
Ever since lawmakers enacted the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) in 1994, there have been strict federal limits governing the personal information included in state motor vehicle records. After years of people with criminal intentions abusing access to...
Financial records can be very revealing and even embarrassing. Most people prefer to keep the details of their financial circumstances private. They don't want random people looking at their exact income or credit card balances. Bad actors could obtain information...
An individual's driver's license may be an individual’s only real form of state identification. Most people do not carry passports or Social Security cards with them on a day-to-day basis, but carrying their driver's license is necessary whenever they are in a...
Your credit report is very important because it tracks your financial activity and builds up a history for lenders to consider. They look at your credit score when deciding if they’re going to give you a loan or not. In some cases, this can impact the chances that the...
Consumers in Minnesota and throughout the country have privacy rights when it comes to their credit. If your credit report was unfairly disclosed without your permission, it might be considered an invasion of your privacy. When is it permissible for a credit report to...
It is not uncommon for police officers, county deputies and public employees to routinely abuse their search capabilities of law enforcement and driver’s license databases for their own thrill-seeking purposes. Through the years, there have been numerous cases in...