February 22, 2005

Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
ATTN: Carol Redman, Director, Driver Services
100 N. Senate Ave.
Room N405
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Dear Ms. Redman,

I received your letter dated February 8, 2005 wherein you state that the records you have on file "do not appear" to be me. Well, there is most certainly no question as to whether those bogus records you have on file "appear to be" me: they most certainly are not and that fact has been proven by the Indiana State police who investigated this case back in 2002 (case number 52-35359).

I am gravely concerned that Indiana is inappropriately using my personal information. As I advised the BMV in my previous letter, I do not want my personal information stored on file by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. This includes, but not limited to, any photograph of me, a copy of my North Carolina driver's license, my birth certificate, and my social security number. I did not authorize the use or release of that information and you therefore do not have my permission to retain or use that information.

The BMV is required under 42 USC 666(a)(13) to collect the social security number of any person who applies for a driver's license. I am not aware of any other federal law that allows the BMV to collect or otherwise use this information. While I recognize that the BMV recorded what it believed to be the SSN of the person who appeared before the BMV, it has long been established that the individual stole my personal information and it was all recorded without my permission. Since I never applied for a driver's license in the state of Indiana, the BMV does not have any legal basis under federal law to record or retain my social security number. The BMV is, therefore, retaining this information without any support of any federal law. Additionally, the BMV is using this information outside of the Social Security Administration guidelines. I demand that the BMV remove all records with my social security number or assign a different number to those records such that they do not, in any way, relate back to me.

Further, when I last checked in the national driver registry, Indiana was still publishing a bogus record that contained my social security number. This bogus record is, again, a misuse of my personal information, a misrepresentation of my good name, and causing me undue grief and hardship. Publishing such inaccurate information leads to delays when I try to obtain a new drivers license or other form of identification and could lead some people to draw incorrect conclusions. You may, if you wish, assign a bogus SSN to that bogus record if you feel compelled to keep it on file, but I do not want any bogus records incorrectly relating to me.

I understand you desire to be able to mark the record as invalid, such that the holder of the driver's license does not attempt to use that license. At the same time, there is no reason to associate that Indiana driver's license number with my social security number.

Please respond indicating the decision that your office has made and what actions, if any, have been taken.

Best Regards,
Paul E. Jones