| Entities | American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) (3) |
| Topics and Issues | Public Records (25) |
In February 2021, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) issued a final report, Final Report, Managing Data Privacy and External Access. The report is a
best practice guide for motor vehicle agencies (MVAs) to protect driver and vehicle records, provide access and authorize usage consistent with law, and apply effective and efficient approaches to internal and external audit practices. Specifically, the focus of this document is the protection and management of MVA data that is personally identifiable information (PII), confidential, sensitive, or otherwise restricted.
The final report
provides a framework for protecting MVA data against the risk of abuse or improper use and preventing the loss of public trust if that data are improperly accessed or used. Common principles, as laid forth by this document, can be adopted by MVAs and data recipients to develop a common understanding of protecting data, identifying the steps used to protect the data and incorporating the legal foundation for the data’s protection.
In May 2020, AAMVA issued an interim report, Interim Report, Managing Data Privacy and External Access. This report was issued under the auspices of AMVA’s Managing Data Privacy and External Access Working Group. To address demands for privacy protection and records management, the Working Group is “examining the issues and will identify best practices for jurisdictions to protect driver and vehicle records, provide access, authorize usage consistent with law, and apply effective and efficient approaches to internal and external audit practices.”