Texas question — can someone get my name from my license plate?

Hi, I have a Texas question and I’m hoping someone in insurance or claims can give me a realistic answer.

Last year I had a road rage incident where the guy followed me into a car wash, blocked me in, got out, and confronted me. About an hour later, he found me on Facebook.

My Facebook is private so he could not message me directly, but he was able to message my partner who is listed on my profile and told him to “tell her to learn how to drive.” That is the part that still bothers me because I did not know who the guy was, and it happened so quickly.

I understand there are websites that can pull general vehicle information, but I am specifically asking about whether someone could realistically get the registered owner identity such as name or address from a license plate or VIN.

My questions are: In Texas, can a random person actually get the registered owner name and address from a plate, or is that normally restricted because of DPPA and permissible purpose rules? In insurance or claims systems, are plate and VIN searches usually logged or audited in a way that ties it to a specific account and timestamp? If someone did obtain that information improperly, what types of industries most commonly have access to that kind of data?

I’m not looking for instructions and I’m not trying to track anyone down. I just want to understand what is realistically possible for the general public versus what would require restricted access.