Who Can You Trust with Your Personal Details
Two MPs, Gordon Prentice (Labour) and Norman Baker (Liberal Democrats) have publicly condemned the DVLAs practice of selling driver details to parking enforcement companies. Their condemnation has been welcomed by the Association of British Drivers.
The parking companies concerned were described in the house of commons as ‘shady operators and crooks’ who will fine those who are alleged to have parked illegally as much as £230.
Nigel Humphries from the ABD has said “Drivers do not choose to submit their personal details to the DVLA when registering their cars and taxing them, they are forced to do so by law, They expect such information to be retained by the Government for official purposes only.” Instead it appears that the DVLA have provided this private information to private parking companies which operate outside the regulations of the British Parking Association.
So it looks like the Government are perfectly happy for your personal details to be sold to these shady operators and crooks. Are you?
BTW – prompted by a good buddy of mine from the illustrious Amateur Brain Surgery fraternity I’e just gotten myself a brand new (not secondhand) Fiat Grand Punto for a little over £100 per month on a personal car leasing contract. I could not believe this price!
Eric from Tamrac Camera Bags wrote,
This kind of stuff really makes me angry. I’m beginning to think more and more that government is not looking out for the best interest of the public but is instead focused much more on funneling money and information to special interests. Not sure what can be done, however.
Link | March 19th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Marty from London Removals wrote,
Me too. This sort of thing makes my blood boil. We provide personal details and trust government bodies to keep these details safe. Selling them to shady parking firms is criminal and someone somewhere should be held accountable.
Link | March 20th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Kevin Johnson from Nannies wrote,
nice post, i’m glad they are trying to keep peoples privacy. it is a step in the right direction.
Link | March 23rd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
chris from dofollow backlinks wrote,
Love the photo. It’s definitely more important than ever to protect personal information.
Link | April 4th, 2009 at 6:56 pm