Private Parking Companies requesting Private information

Dear Mr Anderson,

Please see the attached response to your FOI request.

Thanks & Regards.

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Dear Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency,

I wish to know the following

1: How many requests have been made to the DVLA from Private
parking companies for private information, ie , name and address
of
car owners etc since the 1st of January 2009 to the 1st of
January
2010.

2: how much in search fees has the DVLA received from the above
companies in the same time frame ?

3: As the information kept by the DVLA is primarily used for the
prevention or detection of crime and as a parking on private land
is a civil matter , please provide me with the list of guidelines
used by the DVLA for the disclosure of this private information.

4: What security and vetting checks are used by the DVLA to
ensure
the employes working in Private Parking Companies use this
information in a responsible manner, for example: threatening
people whom the DVLA has supplied personal information with court
action, threatening bailiff action resulting in the harassment
for
money or threatening to remove goods from their homes.

5: As harassment is a criminal offense under The Protection from
Harassment Act 1997, see extract

"The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 is designed to protect
individuals from harassment and similar conduct. It makes it an
offence to carry out a course of conduct that causes another
harassment. It does not define harassment, although it makes
clear
that alarming a person or causing a person distress may
constitute
harassment. It also creates an offence of putting people in fear
of
violence being used against them."

What step are the DVLA employing to ensure they are not supplying
information which is then used by a 3rd party to break the law ?

Yours faithfully,

John Anderson

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Dear Mr Anderson,

Please see the attached Annex A

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February 2010 00:16 >>>
Dear Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency,

I wish to know the following

1: How many requests have been made to the DVLA from Private
parking companies for private information, ie , name and address
of
car owners etc since the 1st of January 2009 to the 1st of
January
2010.

2: how much in search fees has the DVLA received from the above
companies in the same time frame ?

3: As the information kept by the DVLA is primarily used for the
prevention or detection of crime and as a parking on private land
is a civil matter , please provide me with the list of guidelines
used by the DVLA for the disclosure of this private information.

4: What security and vetting checks are used by the DVLA to
ensure
the employes working in Private Parking Companies use this
information in a responsible manner, for example: threatening
people whom the DVLA has supplied personal information with court
action, threatening bailiff action resulting in the harassment
for
money or threatening to remove goods from their homes.

5: As harassment is a criminal offense under The Protection from
Harassment Act 1997, see extract

"The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 is designed to protect
individuals from harassment and similar conduct. It makes it an
offence to carry out a course of conduct that causes another
harassment. It does not define harassment, although it makes
clear
that alarming a person or causing a person distress may
constitute
harassment. It also creates an offence of putting people in fear
of
violence being used against them."

What step are the DVLA employing to ensure they are not supplying
information which is then used by a 3rd party to break the law ?

Yours faithfully,

John Anderson

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