Parking Regulations and Data Protection
With the recent bad press surrounding wheel clamping and ticketing and the companies operating these schemes, we are proud to be different, offering a completely transparent service for both car park owners and users. We are fully licensed and insured, and comply with all the DVLA regulations as well as our own Code of Conduct.
This ensures the highest standard of professionalism and our non-confrontational approach is designed to solve parking problems without causing undue tension between owners and drivers. We would rather be visible and inform drivers of the rules in a helpful way rather than lie in wait to issue tickets.
BGS Services also take data protection and privacy very seriously. We only use the information legitimately obtained from the DVLA to track illegally parked vehicles for enforcement purposes. This information is kept secure and never used for marketing purposes or sold to third parties, thus complying with all Data Protection rules.
The DVLA and Data Protection
The DVLA is required by law (the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002) to release personal information to licensed parties. Cases have come to light of companies whose owners or directors have been jailed for illegal clamping and other activities, have nevertheless been given access to this information. The media has also highlighted cases of credit firms like MBNA being able to access information from the DVLA. However, these cases are usually brought to light as headline-grabbers. For example, the credit card companies have legitimate uses of this channel (which they have to pay for) to police their own corporate offices.
To demonstrate our commitment to professionalism and data protection, we have included some links below which may be of interest to people seeking clarification of the uses and rules of information released by the DVLA.
For more on the Release of information from DVLA records please follow the link. This article on the DVLA website explains the circumstances under which information can be released and gives advice on what to do if you think your information has been requested illegally.
For information on parking generally, please visit the British Parking Association.