Doe v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles

This case returns to the Superior Court on remand from the Massachusetts Appeals Court. See 26 Mass.App.Ct. 415 (1985). At issue is whether certain pieces of information collected from driver’s license applicants by the defendant, the Registrar of Motor Vehicles (Registrar), have public record status and therefore may be disclosed to members of the public. The data at issue are applicants’ dates of birth, heights, and license numbers that are also social security numbers.2 Plaintiffs allege that this *157information is “personal data” whose release violates the Fair Information Practices Act…