What happened to Georgia's drivers license fingerprint database?

Remember about a decade ago when you had to have your fingerprints scanned to get a Georgia driver's license? At some during the legislative session I wondered what happened to the actual data.

According to the Georgia Department of Driver Services, it was destroyed "following the enactment of O.C.G.A. §40-5-2(k)(1) during the 2005 Legislative Session."

"As required by the statute, the DDS engaged the vendor that runs the driver's license issuance system on a project that culled this material from the driving records of each customer," a department spokeswoman said in an e-mail. "This electronic material was then destroyed, and the DDS was given certification thereof."

The department also provided me with an electronic copy of the certification letter, which I have turned into a jpeg file. Click to enlarge.



It took less than 24 hours for the DDS to answer my question and dig up this document from 2006. As opposed to the federal government, which I asked to provide a database in December. They haven't even told me yet whether I can have it, despite my pointing out a Supreme Court case that I say says I can.