Following the purchase of more than 650,000 names and addresses of drivers from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, a bank has been ordered to pay a $50 million settlement.
From 2000 to 2003, the bank bought data containing personal information of hundreds of thousands of drivers living in several Florida counties for only $5,656, according to court documents. According to the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which filed an amicus brief in favor of the plaintiffs, the Fidelity Federal Bank & Trust bought this personal data for direct marketing, and violated the Drivers Privacy Protection Act of 1994.