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Not a fine: private car parks bought 17 million names and addresses from the DVLA last year. Who checks?

Parking firms asked the DVLA for a keeper's name and address 16.9 million times last year to send charges that are not fines. We read the law, the audits, the codes and the court files. The release is lawful, the checks are light, the £70 add-on is in doubt, and the 2019 code is still not law.

Wendy · · 19 min read · Swansea · 40 sources · 9 documents

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