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You could blame him, I suppose, but the argument isn't very strong.

I specifically wrote to the Department of Motor Vehicles in Florida not to share my SSN with third parties.

It was the Jeb Bush administration that one that sold this data in electronic form, and my written request for privacy was ignored, even though my request is recorded in the state electronic records.

I got my current driver's licence after Jeb Bush became governor; I had a driver's license from another state when I moved to Florida. So Jeb Bush is responsible for it.

Saturday, January 23, 1999 By ROBERT O'HARROW JR. The Washington Post
For the first time since authorities began snapping photographs of drivers for licenses, state officials have begun selling the images wholesale, another example of the growing availability of rich troves of personal information via modern technology.
In the last several months, South Carolina has released 3.5 million digital photographs, Florida has started the process of transferring 14 million images in its files and other states have expressed interest in doing the same.
The buyer is Image Data LLC, a small Nashua, N.H., company that wants to build a national database of photos and personal information to help retailers prevent identity theft - a fast-growing crime in which fraud artists use a victim's personal information to run up bills in their name or empty their bank accounts.
Image Data bought the photographs for about a penny each. Those images will be cross-referenced to personal information gleaned from public and private sources. In addition to a name and address, the company's databases will hold an individual's Social Security number, age, gender, race and other details from a driver's file, as well as limited information about each transaction.