The SSN is like a password. When a company is going to run your credit report or a bank is going to give you confidential information over the phone, the SSN becomes the password.
By linking my driver's license records (state records) with my SSN (federal records), my password was published against my will.
That's one of the reasons we have so much identity fraud floating around.
I can't sue Jeb Bush because the legislature went along with the deal.
My smakl point is this: Jeb Bush or any other governor can't be trusted with private information.
You claimed that Jeb Bush had nothing to do with it. I proved to you, that in my case, he was the chief of the executive branch who sold my records.
I see that your photo was sold. That much, you proved pretty well.
Now, I hasten to say that I firmly believe it to be, at the least, in very poor taste, and perhaps a breach of public trust to allow the marketing of so much 'cross-referenceable' personal information simply because it is 'public record.'
I'd love to see some sharp and sane lawyer (assuming there is such a creature) come up with an argument that proves all that information is proprietary (when used in combination) and therefore the rightful owners of it (you and me, individually) are due royalties from any commercial gain realized by trading it.
It might be further useful to explore ways to hold the source of such 'public records' liable for damages incurred by identity theft, stalking, etc.