5/8: Robert Blake's Wife/Calif DMV

[lisa]

Originally posted by Tony Shepps

I'm assuming, then, that A) the CA DMV is storing photos of folks when they get their driver's licenses; and B) giving those photos out to the wire services, along with any other personal details they see fit, and C) checking the details of celebrated people and giving those out, too.

I can verify (A) from personal experience. I just renewed my California license via mail and they printed my picture on it. The same picture that I had taken 4 years ago. Since these pictures are being taken digitally, I must assume that they are being stored in some vast database somewhere. FYI, they also digitize your thumbprint when they take your picture -- now THAT, to be, has always been scary.