context: To establish the second element (that the defendants "obtained]" the plaintiffs information), it is sufficient for a plaintiff to show that "people with access to the DVS Database viewed [the plaintiffs] personal driver's license information." Here again, the Eighth Circuit has also recently reached the same conclusion.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 2013 WL 5888235, at *2
citation_a.parenthetical: "In the Court's view, information may be 'obtained' simply through viewing."
citation_a.sentence: McDonough, 799 F.3d at 944 (“In the context of the DPPA, the word ‘obtain’ unambiguously includes access and observation of the data.”); see also Nelson v. Jesson, No: 13-340, 2013 WL 5888235, at *2 (D.Minn. Nov. 1, 2013) (“In the Court’s view, information may be ‘obtained’ simply through viewing.”).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 799 F.3d 944, 944
citation_b.parenthetical: "In the context of the DPPA, the word 'obtain' unambiguously includes access and observation of the data."
citation_b.sentence: McDonough, 799 F.3d at 944 (“In the context of the DPPA, the word ‘obtain’ unambiguously includes access and observation of the data.”); see also Nelson v. Jesson, No: 13-340, 2013 WL 5888235, at *2 (D.Minn. Nov. 1, 2013) (“In the Court’s view, information may be ‘obtained’ simply through viewing.”).