{"id":238031,"date":"2026-05-01T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/ca-drivers-license-data-sharing-plan-raises-privacy-concerns-nbc-7-san-diego\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:35:10","slug":"ca-drivers-license-data-sharing-plan-raises-privacy-concerns-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/ca-drivers-license-data-sharing-plan-raises-privacy-concerns-nbc-7-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"CA driver\u2019s license data sharing plan raises privacy concerns \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/california-plan-to-driver-license-data-privacy\/4018388\/\">CA driver\u2019s license data sharing plan raises privacy concerns \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/california-plan-to-driver-license-data-privacy\/4018388\/\">https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/california-plan-to-driver-license-data-privacy\/4018388\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-01 17:22:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.nbcsandiego.com\">www.nbcsandiego.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>California is preparing to share driver\u2019s license data in a nationwide network, a move state leaders say is meant to comply with federal REAL ID requirements but has sparked concern among privacy advocates and immigrant rights groups.<\/p>\n<p>The plan, first reported by CalMatters, will opt California into the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators\u2019 data network, representatives from Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s office and the California\u00a0Department of Motor Vehicles told several groups in a call on April 7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem, of course, is that once this data is uploaded, it&#8217;s out of the state&#8217;s control,\u201d said Edward Hasbrouck, a privacy expert with The Identity Project who participated in the call.<\/p>\n<p>AAMVA, a private organization comprised of motor vehicle officials, said its system is only accessible by other states to check drivers\u2019 histories as they attempt to get a license in a new jurisdiction. It looks for unpaid fines or fees, pending violations or suspended credentials.<\/p>\n<p>The organization said 44 states currently participate, with California and the remaining five others expected to join in the next two to three years. In a statement, it said, &#8220;AAMVA operates these systems to assist states in ensuring that drivers cannot escape the consequences of poor driver behavior by moving to another jurisdiction, fulfilling the goal of one driver, one license, and one record.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Privacy advocates say that assurance and the explanation from the state, fall short.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Neither the governor nor the DMV nor any California state agency can offer an honest promise that once the data goes to AAMVA, that has left the state&#8217;s hand, that the state will even know, much less be able to challenge if federal or other law enforcement agents get it,&#8221; Hasbrouck said, adding, \u201cTheir explanations were thoroughly unsatisfactory and in some cases, flat out wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Newsom&#8217;s office denied in a post on social media that the move will give federal agencies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/california-plan-to-driver-license-data-privacy\/4018388\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CA driver\u2019s license data sharing plan raises privacy concerns \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/california-plan-to-driver-license-data-privacy\/4018388\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.nbcsandiego.com\/2019\/09\/GettyImages-84674999.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&crop=0px%2C313px%2C3000px%2C1688px&resize=1200%2C675","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238033,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238031\/revisions\/238033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}