

What should you do if your driver's license information is exposed in a data breach? What if you lose your license or someone steals it? You can help protect yourself. Someone might even use your driver's license information to apply for unemployment benefits in your name. Thieves can use some of this information to steal your identity and apply for credit cards and loans in your name.

That's bad news because your driver's license contains plenty of key information about you, including your birthdate, home address and even your height, weight, and eye color. That’s according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. Here's an alarming stat: Since 2017, data breaches have exposed the driver's license information of more than 150 million U.S.
