So, less than 24 hours after being threatened with a law suit, the DMV has finally issued a public statement. They have apologized to Amber Yust, and now claim that the clerk who harassed her was put on “administrative leave” back in October. This raises a couple of interesting questions.
Firstly, why did it take the threat of a law suit for the DMV to try to reassure the public that they do actually care about keeping personal data confidential?
And secondly, as Amber’s lawyer has pointed out, the perp hasn’t actually been punished. In fact he’s been rewarded by being given a vacation on full pay until such time as the DMV’s management feels that the the fuss has died down and they can put him back to work. What sort of message does this send to other DMV employees?
Yeah, not nearly enough. I also don’t see mention there of the employee’s posting her address online. The employee needs to be fired, and applicable criminal charges need to be filed.