It’d be a safe bet that the 32,000 includes more private firms than gov’t agencies, so all those Google numbers are moot until the 32,000 breakdown is known. By itself, it’s a huge number.
That may be, but again, the article makes absolutely no indication whether or not any of the records provided had legitimate purpose.
If every single record provided had legitimate purpose would you still be upset? The absence of this critical and most relevant point makes me more critical of the article.
But if the article was about when PA legitimately passes on drivers records to other companies and agencies, it would probably be a rather boring story that you wouldn’t click on...