I just read this on another forum;
tinyurl.com/7cnn4
Bearing in mind which paper it comes from, do you reckon there's any truth to it or is it just sensationalist rubbish?
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nothing surprises me anymore. I see no reason to believe it's not true.
let me be the last to let you down....
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I see no reason to believe it's not true.>>
To be honest Adam it's been common knowledge for some time - it's a story that keeps cropping up in the media.
The DVLA has been offering the facility for, as I say, some while.
See:
www.dvla.gov.uk/foi.htm
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It seems, to me at least, to make a mockery of the Data Protection Act.
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I'd heard rumblings of them selling it but the £2.50 and "criminals" part of it has piqued my interest.
You're right though - what a joke.
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anybody who has a good reason to know the address of someones car can apply to swansea for it,the fee is somewhere between £5 and £10 for individuals but if you use the information for fraudulent means then it can carry a heavy fine and imprisonment.
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I guess a lot depends on your definition of "good reason".
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It may well be true, but the slant they're putting on it is senstational journalism to say the least.
"Selling to criminals" suggests they're knowingly selling to people who have the intent of looking you up and robbing your house. What they're actually doing is not differentiating between someone who has a criminal record and someone who does not.
Still... it's another reason to not worry too much about whether your car is registered to the right name and address.
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>> I see no reason to believe it's not true.>> To be honest Adam it's been common knowledge for some time - it's a story that keeps cropping up in the media. The DVLA has been offering the facility for, as I say, some while. See: www.dvla.gov.uk/foi.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
And for £4, i can go on the Land Registry site and find out when you bought your house, how much you paid for it and what your middle name is!
Could anybody be bothered though? That's a different matter. point
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>>And for £4, i can go on the Land Registry site and find out when you bought your house, how much you paid for it and what your middle name is!>>
I can do it for free...:-)
www.ourproperty.co.uk/
There's another one as well (the original version unless the name has been changed) but I can't find the URL.
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Bearing in mind which paper it comes from, do you reckon there's any truth to it or is it just sensationalist rubbish?
The Daily Mail only prints the truth, last week an article said that drinking beer prevents cancer.
What more do you need.
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Worried about the DVLA? Then be grateful you don't live in Sweden. A Swedish colleague informed me some time ago that in Sweden the vehicle information register is considered to be public information and is thus freely searchable, on demand, by anyone.
Sure enough, from a quick Google:
The right of public access implies that public authorities shall work openly, under the watchful eye of the media and individuals in society. In conformance with this principle, all information in the Swedish Vehicle Register is to be readily obtainable by members of the general public. The Register has therefore been designed in accordance with these requirements. This means that the general public along with the police, insurance companies, car dealers, car wreckers, tax authorities, the Swedish Motor Vehicle Inspection Co., parking enterprises, etc. all have unrestricted access to the information in the Swedish Vehicle Register.
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Sensationalist truth. Particularly liked the bit about MBNA, who seem to have linked up with DVLA solely over issues with abuse of their Chester office car park, linked to the same firm's scattergun approach to credit card mailings.
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do you reckon there's any truth to it
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dvla have issued a press statement, apparently at
www.dvla.gov.uk/faq/whats_new/Release_of_data.htm
but that brings up a "page cannot be found" on my pc.
but this one works:
www.dvla.gov.uk/whats_new/Release_of_data.htm
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It got me a couple of years ago. I managed to park, unwittingly, in a private car park late one evening. When I got back to the car I had a private parking ticket stuck to the screen. I ignored it, but they got my details from the DVLA. They wanted £70 off me but managed to avoid paying it to them as the director is a client of mine! I paid it to a charity of my choice. But the director did not have the power to cancel it alltogether.
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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They are also selling owner info to a private and (I think) unofficial firm who have set themselves up to chase UK motorists for European parking and speeding tickets which not enforceable at the moment SFAIK. Of course you can get clobbered when and if you go back to the country in question, but if you stay here you are legally in the clear, apart from the efforts of these sc*m who send out threatening letters which do not have the force of UK law to back them.
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as many visitors to this may already know, you can check much of the data about your vehicle via the dvla or rac websites. the release of personal details as questioned in the story above are governed by
www.ico.gov.uk/documentUploads/Dvla.pdf
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so you could have a scenario where if someone is particularly aggrieved with your driving and you have a bit of a set two with them, they could potentially ask the DVLA for your details by saying your car is parked on their private property.
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