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As a valued customer of ADD, your business benefits from access to real-time state title records through your DMV123 tab. Depending on your DPPA exemption, you may be able to query up to 34 states for vital data. It’s important to understand why ADD has taken the more difficult path of only providing real-time data rather than purchasing state records in bulk like many other data providers.

ADD would like to brag on both their staff and their customers for successfully completing several state audits this year! As a customer, you know the intense focus ADD places on security measures to protect DPPA data provided through its DMV123 inquiry services. Not only is it the right thing to do on behalf of the individuals whose records are being accessed, it is absolutely vital to ADD’s ability to maintain those real-time connections with each jurisdiction’s database.

Recent months have seen one extreme weather event after another, each seeming to trump the one before. When the next natural disaster occurs, the media moves on, and we hear little about the aftermath of the previous events. In late August hurricane Harvey lingered over south Texas, resulting in over 40” of rain in some areas, causing massive flooding.

Shipping Schedule With the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s holidays right around the corner, Florida dealers should be sure to have plenty of temp tag stock on hand. __If you need temp tags for the Christmas holiday , they must be ordered by Thursday, December 21st before 3:00pm (ET). UPS will not be picking up or delivering tags on Monday, December 25th due to the Christmas holiday.

Auto Data Direct, along with the Alabama Department of Revenue and Weil Wrecker, are offering a title training and Alabama Abandoned Portal class to Alabama towing and mechanic companies. The class will be held at Weil Wrecker in Birmingham on October 11, 2017 from 10:00am to 12:00pm with a lunch to follow.

As you may have noticed, ADDTag now has an updated look and feel. The process you’ve grown accustomed to over the last year is entirely the same, but ADD has made some improvements to how they use your screen space and how the toolbar is arranged. Below we’ll address some of the basic questions you may have about the updated interface:

_ &nbspNashville; Flood - Sunken Cars by Jay Bock_ As the Southeast begins to recover and rebuild after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the damage caused by the wind and floodwaters is becoming clear - and that damage includes a lot of vehicles. After a major disaster like Harvey or Irma, many of the damaged vehicles make their way into the used car and salvage market - often with no indication of their water-logged past.

Come visit the Auto Data Direct booth at the 2017 FIADA Convention, October 5th through 7th at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate! Stop by the ADD booth to say hello and to see a demo of our dealer products for you, including the new look for ADDTag! Over 70 industry vendors will be there, so pay them a visit to learn about all of the exciting new products and services.

Recent articles I have written focused on the federal National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) rules intended to be refreshers about the national reporting requirements. Since there have been some changes at a state level and some confusion, I hope this helps to clarify the NMVTIS system and reporting process as a whole.

When it comes to DPPA protected data like ADD’s DMV123 state records, ADD is a stickler about security. The Federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act clearly outlines when and by whom a record can beaccessed legitimately. The security of our valued customers’ accounts as well as the protected information we provide in order for you to conduct business and comply with state and federal requirements is literally our number one priority at ADD.