Condon suit to stop plans to use photos
South Carolina drivers are not the only ones unhappy that their driver’s license photos were taken to a private company.State Attorney General Charlie Condon said Tuesday he was shocked and outraged, and he plans to bring Image Data LLC to prevent the use of the 3.5 million pictures of the state purchased Public Safety division and he Big Brother called hustling for bucks.
This action places the invasion of privacy in the grand style, “said Condon. “ Our Constitution does not permit commercial use of South Carolinians in this way.
Mr. Condon, said his office has sent calls from angry consumers, said he had defrauded the state in court next month.
Nashua, NH-based Image Data has received so many calls from people in South Carolina Monday that the appellant has been busy signals, no answer or a recorded message indicating that the storage system was full.
We sincerely apologize for consumers, “said Lorna Christie, Image Data Vice President of Public Affairs. “ We reacted as quickly as we can only assure you that we are responding to consumer demand.
The flood of calls came after reports that the Department of Public Safety image sold last year for $ 5000. Image Data buys there to test a system of fraud prevention, stores images in order to employees to verify the identity of customers.
Under South Carolina law, the photos can not be sold or for a reason other than the prevention of fraud.
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