SO
SO INTERESTED IN A FEW RECENT COLORADO CAR SALES. LET'S START WITH THIS.
I BOUGHT A CAR AND NOT JUST ANY
CAR FOR 2014 FORD ESCAPE, A CAR
ONCE OWNED BY NINE NEW NOW
OWNED BY ME ALL FOR THE LOW LOW
PRICE OF ONE DOLLAR ONE DOLLAR
TO PURCHASE AN SUV WORTH 10000
TIMES THAT ALL SO WE COULD
PROVE A POINT AND HERE WE ARE
AND HERE WE ARE A POINT DAVE
BURRITT FIRST RAISED WITH ME
NOT LONG AFTER HE BOUGHT THIS
CAR.
THIS IS A TWENTY TWELVE CHEVY
IMPALA FOUND IT ON CRAIGSLIST
UP IN FORT COLLINS.
DAVE NEEDED A CAR WITH A
PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOW ENOUGH
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN GET INTO
LOW ENOUGH FOR LEUTH A CAR MOM
EVERYONE LEUTH LOU NOW IN HER
90S NEEDED HELP WITH SOME
ERRANDS AND SOME OTHER THINGS
DECIDED TO TAKE HER OUT FOR
SOME CHICK FIL A QUICK AND
SIMPLE TRANSACTION BETWEEN
BUYER SELLER AND NO ONE ELSE.
AND THEN A WEEK AFTER HE
REGISTERED IT WITH A CO DMVS
SOMEONE ELSE DEVELOPED A KEEN
INTEREST IN HIS IMPALA.
I STARTED GETTING POSTCARDS
FACTORY WARRANTY ON YOUR 2012
AVAYAH NEGLECTING TO ACTIVATE
YOUR PROTECTION PROGRAM CALL TO
CONFIRM RECEIPT CALL ME READING
IN BETWEEN THE LINES SAID DAVE
MANAGED TO CONNECT SOME DOTS.
DEFINITELY SOMEBODY SOLD
MY INFORMATION THAT I HAD A
2012 CHEVY IMPALA SOMEBODY YES
BUT WHO HE SAYS HE IMMEDIATELY
HAD HIS SUSPICIONS.
NO I UNDERSTAND STATES ARE
STRAPPED FOR CASH BUT THERE
SHOULD BE A LINE NO DOUBT AS A
NEW CURRENCY.
TEXAS ATTORNEY JOE MALLEY NO
STATES LIKE COLORADO HAVE MADE
MILLIONS SELLING DRIVER'S DATA.
YES, YEAH.
SUPRISINGLY KNOW IF IT'S MORE
VALUABLE THAN OIL.
HE ALSO KNOWS A FEDERAL LAW
KNOWN AS THE DRIVER'S PRIVACY
PROTECTION ACT OR DPPA MAKES IT
QUITE CLEAR YOU CAN'T JUST USE
THAT DATA FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
COMPANIES KNOW THAT THERE'S A
TON OF REASONS TON OF ENTITIES
THAT ARE LEGAL THAT ARE USING
IT PROPERLY.
THE DPPA HAS FOURTEEN
ACCEPTABLE USES EMMISSIONS,
RECALL'S INSURANCE, TOLL ROADS
ALL OK NOT OK.
WE'LL LET MALLEY EXPLAIN.
YOU CANNOT USE ANY OF THE DMV
DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING.
WOULD THAT BE A VIOLATION
OF THE LAW?
YES.
CLEAR YES.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL, HE SAYS AND
NOT JUST BECAUSE OF CAR
WARRANTY COMPANIES DATA MISUSE
CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THOSE
WHO HAVE GOOD REASON TO KEEP
THEIR WHEREABOUTS PRIVATE.
JUST KEEP IN MIND THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE ISSUES LIKE THAT.
I MEAN THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS
THING.
WHAT WE DON'T WANT EVER TO
HAPPEN IS THIS INFORMATION
BEING MISUSED BECAUSE THAT
BREAKS A TRUST WITH THE PUBLIC.
MARK FERRANDINO HEADS
COLORADO'S DEPARTMENT
OF REVENUE WHICH OVERSEES
THE DMV.
HE KNOWS PEOPLE HAVE SUSPECTED
IMPROPER DMV DATA USAGE FOR
YEARS.
THERE'S JUST ONE ISSUE HE SAYS
THE STATE HAS YET TO PROVE AND
WHAT WE USUALLY FIND IS IT'S
COMING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE
BASICALLY SOMEONE OTHER THAN
THE DMV, SOMEONE WHO MIGHT HAVE
ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION
DURING A CAR SAY THE PEOPLE YOU
BOUGHT THE CAR FROM
THE FINANCIER WHO IS FINANCING
THE CAR YOU SEE THE HOLE HERE?
THEY DIDN'T FINANCE THIS CAR
DEALER EITHER.
HE INSURED THE CAR.
YES, BUT MONTHS BEFORE
REGISTRATION AND ONE WEEK AFTER
HE REGISTERED WITH THE DMV, HE
GOT THOSE POSTCARDS WHICH BEGS
THE QUESTION WHAT I AS WELL TO
PROVE THAT POINT I BOUGHT THIS
CAR FOR DOYAL PERSONALLY
REGISTERED IT WITH THE DMV AND
ONE WEEK AFTER I DID IT
CHECKING THE MAILBOX GUESS WHAT
SHOWED UP IN MY MAILBOX.
OH, HERE WE GO.
MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE
NOTIFICATION.
THERE'S NO FINANCING FOR DOLLAR
.
THERE WAS NO DEALER.
WE BOUGHT IT DIRECTLY FROM
THE STATION AND LET ME SHOW YOU
WHAT ENDED UP IN MY MAILBOX A
WEEK LATER.
THESE THREE THINGS HOW DID
I GET THIS IF EVERYTHING'S
ABOVE BOARD?
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION
AND I THINK WE ARE HAPPY TO
TAKE THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE
LOOK INTO IT AND GET BACK TO
YOU ON EXACTLY IF WE SEE
SOMETHING COLROADO MAKES
ROUGHLY 600000 DOLLARS A YEAR
SELLING DMV DATA TO A PRIVATE
COMPANY KNOWN AS PLAYCOLORADO
INTERACTIVE S.I OUR OPEN
RECORDS REQUEST FOUND S.I THEN
RESELLS THAT DATA TO ELEVEN
SUBVENDORS WE'RE TOLD EVERY
YEAR THE DMV AUDITS THOSE
VENDORS LOOKING FOR HOLES.
UP UNTIL NOW IT HAD YET TO FIND
ONE BUT IF AT ALL TOOK WAS A TV
REPORTER TO BUY A CAR FOR A
DOLLAR TO FIGURE OUT THAT
THERE'S A PROBLEM IN THE SYSTEM
,IT WOULD APPEAR TO ME AS IF
DMVS NOT LOOKING VERY HARD
I THINK I DON'T WANT TO GO
THERE.
DON'T WE TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK
AT THE INFORMATION AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING
NOW?
IT DOESN'T NEED TO WAIT THAT
LONG.
SHOULD COLROADO BE CONCERNED
THERE'S A LEAK IN THEIR DATA
RIGHT NOW?
YES.
HE SAYS COLORADO NEEDS TO
IMMEDIATELY AND THOROUGHLY
SCREEN ALL OF ITS SUBVENDORS TO
SEE IF ANY ARE VIOLATING
THE LAW.
I MEAN IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS.
AS FOR DAVE, HE'S FINE LIVING
LIFE WITHOUT A CAR WARRANTY ON
GANAHL OF COURSE NOW HE'S ALSO
GETTING SOME DIFFERENT REQUESTS
FROM MARKETERS.
THE LATEST ONE IS SOMEONE'S
CALLING ME TO FOR SOME KIND
OF A LIFE INSURANCE WHERE TO
COVER MY FINAL EXPENSES LIKE
FOR FUNERALS LIKE WELL WHAT DO
THEY KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW.
CAN YOU BLAME HIM FOR NOW
WONDERING HOW THAT COMPANY
FOUND HIM A FEW THINGS.
YES.
WE SOLD THE CAR BACK TO
THE STATION.
THE ASKING PRICE WAS ONE DOLLAR
TWO.
YES.
TWO. YES.
TWO. YES. WE BURIED THE LEAD A LITTLE BIT
HERE.
THE STATE IS NOW INVESTIGATING
JUST HOW THE HECK THIS HAPPENED
TO ME AND DAVE.
IT IS NOT CLEAR THERE'S BEEN A
VIOLATION OF THE LAW AS OF NOW
BUT THE STATE SAYS IT'S GOING
TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS THREE
.
YOU'VE GOTTEN ONE OF THESE
POSTCARDS WE WANT TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
YOU CAN TEXT YOUR STORY TO
THREE THREE EIGHT SEVEN ONE ONE
FOUR NINE ONE OR YOU CAN SEND
ME AN EMAIL AT CHRIS TO CHRIS
AT NINE NEWS.COM.
I GOT TO TELL YOU I'VE ALREADY
HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
HAVE GOTTEN THESE POSTCARDS.
IT'S QUITE COMMON IF YOU GOT
THEM SEND ME THE PICTURES
THAT'LL BE SUPER VALUABLE.
I WILL TEXT YOU THEN.
SO THERE'S THE ANNOYANCE FACTOR
OF THIS, CHRIS.
BUT I MEAN THE REASON WHY THERE
ARE RESTRICTIONS ON THESE DATA
SALES TO BEGIN WITH IS TO KEEP
FOLKS OUT OF REAL DANGER.
YOU TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY IN
THE STORY BUT THAT'S HOW THESE
LAWS CAME
.
. THE
. THE DPPA WAS PASSED MANY, MANY DECADES AGO BECAUSE SOMEBODY
HAD GOTTEN ACCESS TO DMV DATA
AND ACTUALLY USE THAT
INFORMATION TO MURDER AN
ACTRESS WHO WAS FAMOUS ON
TELEVISION AND BECAUSE OF THAT