The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is seeking creative ideas for a solution to provide an alternative to using social security numbers to match driver records nationwide, while meeting the spirit of the Real ID Act and limiting the reliance on the social security numbers. Additionally, the solution will need to include the ability to interface with states that currently use the State2State (S2S) platform and rely on social security numbers as a data source for verification for our residents' identities.

The State of California considers our residents' information sacred and does not release social security information to private and/or public entities outside of the established privacy channels.  Sharing social security numbers with other states to match driver information is not an option.

Ideas Being Considered:

• Use of pseudo-social security numbers for all California residents when matching via the S2S platform
• Creation of a parallel system that is hosted for states with an undocumented resident licensing program

For more information, see the video recording of DMV Vendor Day (using password "RmkcpeR8").

Desired Outcomes:

• Seamlessly match drivers' records with other states utilizing the S2S platform, without sharing drivers' social security numbers

Concern areas for solution selection

• Data ownership across States​
• Performance considerations