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dvla due to stop giving private companies data
paul_cook
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i have heard that the dvla are in the process of removing the automatic right for private parking companies to get dvla just because they are members with of the bpa due to the incompentance of the bpa
i understand that the dvla will still require them to be members but this will not guarentee any access and they will be switching all data off within the next few days and companies will have to apply individually and go through a strict vetting process.
i am awaiting to get official confirmation from all parties something that has not been given and i would suspect if it was a downright denial then it would have already come
i have sent the dvla and bpa emails after asking the question and those have all been responded to so this just adds weight to the information i was given verbally.
it is a very dark day for parking companies and i also understand that it is partly due to the actions of vp parking that has caused this uncertainty so a double whammy as they seem to have got themselves in the mess
i understand that the dvla will still require them to be members but this will not guarentee any access and they will be switching all data off within the next few days and companies will have to apply individually and go through a strict vetting process.
i am awaiting to get official confirmation from all parties something that has not been given and i would suspect if it was a downright denial then it would have already come
i have sent the dvla and bpa emails after asking the question and those have all been responded to so this just adds weight to the information i was given verbally.
it is a very dark day for parking companies and i also understand that it is partly due to the actions of vp parking that has caused this uncertainty so a double whammy as they seem to have got themselves in the mess
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A very bright day for the motorist if true - and your track record to date is amazing Paul, so here's hoping!
If such a "strict vetting process" includes a true assessment of whether charges represent a "genuine pre-estimate of loss" then the private parking "industry" as we know it is dead.Je suis Charlie.0 -
good news indeed if confirmed
For everthing else there's mastercard.
For clampers there's Barclaycard.0 -
Now it just needs them to be nudged into upping the cost to (say) £10.00 per query and it would be a full house.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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This is amazing news if true.0
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This just gets better and better.
I don't suppose this is what the BPA had in mind when lobbying for more regulation.0 -
And if this is true, the BPA's members will be spitting feathers, but what can they do? Having been made fools of for so long by the BPA, can you imagine the DVLA giving accredited status to any other bunch of cowboys anytime this century?Je suis Charlie.0
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Right Guys
i have just spoken to Someone in the Data Sharing team as i wanted to check that excel wont be accessing data via vcs,
He confirmed they wont, he was quite open and honest about this and amongst other stuff, i also asked him about the above and he says it isnt actually the caseFor everthing else there's mastercard.
For clampers there's Barclaycard.0 -
Shame.......I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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The battle continues then.Je suis Charlie.0
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BASFORDLAD wrote: »Right Guys
i have just spoken to Someone in the Data Sharing team as i wanted to check that excel wont be accessing data via vcs,
He confirmed they wont, he was quite open and honest about this and amongst other stuff, i also asked him about the above and he says it isnt actually the case
Wonder where the OP sourced their information if DVLA confirmed to you that this "isn't actually the case" :think:0
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