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Date of birth or driver's license
The DMV is a gold mine for personal data. If you've gotten a ticket, then your records are probably online and searchable. In some states, like Maryland, they actually list your driver's license number. Even worse, if you get a ticket in Maryland but are from a state that used to use your Social Security Number as your driver's license number, then your SSN is exposed too. (Note that a 2004 federal law now bars states from using SSNs as driver's license numbers, but many drivers haven't had to renew their licenses yet.)

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Last updated September 24 2008: 10:39 AM ET
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