Is the DMV selling my data to advertisers?

Recently moved to a new state, registered my vehicle, and now advertisers have my name, address, and vin almost immediately.

How is it, that a government organization (DMV/BMV) that citizens are REQUIRED to interface with and provide honest information to, can make that personal information available to non-government agencies without your consent? I was never offered an ‘opt-out’ or saw some disclaimer that said ‘would be shared with third parties’.

Is this legal? Is this normal? Is it a data breach?

I couldn’t find the article, but here is a 2020 list of all 92,681 companies that the California DMV sold information to: https://0.vern.cc/lY.txt

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