License plate privacy and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act

In today's crazy world full of weirdos, stalkers and road rage enthusiasts, the fact that there's so many websites claiming to give you personal info from just a license plate is shocking.

There's allegedly a law against this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver%27s_Privacy_Protection_Act

But it is easy to google and find websites which claim you just pay $5, put in a license plate number and get an address and name.

So what gives? Are they all breaking the law? Are they lying and you …

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