LTISD Info

Recently I was pointed to a “Request for Attorney General Opinion” regarding driver’s licenses and their use (RQ-0799-GA).

This request brings up many questions regarding our district’s use of Raptor’s V-SOFT.

Just what can the company, Raptorware, do with the data? Seems like they can do a lot if you read Texas Transportation Code 730.007.

Just how much of your personal information are you allowing Raptorware to use?

Doesn’t the district owe us all a copy of the terms of just what is being disclosed and how the data is being used BEFORE you give out your personal information?

Just who is responsible for the collected data? The LTISD or Raptorware? We already know that the LTISD has a history of incompetence with regard to confidentiality.

Let’s also look at some issues raised by this “Request for Attorney General Opinion:”

“TEX. TRANS. C ODE § 730.013(b) states that ”[a]n authorized recipient of personal information may resell or redisclose the information only for a use-permitted under Section 730.007″¹
Furthermore, TEX. TRANS. CODE § 730.013(b) states that “[a]ny authorized recipient who resells or rediscloses personal information obtained from an agency” must maintain for a period of not less than five years records as to any person or entity receiving that information and the permitted use for which it was obtained.” Similar language can be found in Title 18 U.S.C. § 2721(c) which states “[a]n authorized recipient of personal information…may resell or redisclose the information only for a use permitted under subsection (b).”² Title 18 U.S.C. § 2721(c) also requires an authorized recipient to maintain a record of “the permitted use for which [personal information] was obtained.” These provisions appear to limit redisclosure of a driver license photograph to a person who is permitted to obtain the information under TEX. TRANS. CODE § 730.007 and Title 18 U.S.C. § 2721.”

-RQ-0799-GA

Aren’t we entitled to review the terms, in simple English, regarding just what happens to the data used by Raptorware when your driver’s license is scanned and just who is responsible for the retention and security of the data?

Perhaps we should ask the district for a copy. Stay tuned …