Is there a more sinister aspect??

shown73

One of the common features in all these posts re parking notices that worries me a little, is the fact that my name, address, and reg no. is now on yet another database, to be used I know not how. My refusal to pay could possibly also be used in ways that I would not be aware of.
The random collection of personal data is like a creeping disease in this country, with no apparent check on who is doing the collecting, or for what purpose. I've no idea what can be done about it, or even if it is too late, but I do have the feeling that a lot of people are going to suffer in the future. I'm old, so I suppose I'm not going to have the problem, but I would be much more concerned if I was young. 1984, or that Brazil film were closer to the truth than we think....

lofielectronic

As far as data management we seem to live in an era much closer to Brazil than 1984.

I worry about these threads too but more that it will lead to people parking wherever they want with no thought to causing an obstruction or to the business' who land they are parked on.

surfboy1

lofielectronic wrote: »

As far as data management we seem to live in an era much closer to Brazil than 1984.

I worry about these threads too but more that it will lead to people parking wherever they want with no thought to causing an obstruction or to the business' who land they are parked on.

Shame the PPCs dont care for the buisnesses whose land they infest either! Driving customers away all because of their greed.

peter_the_piper

Even the supermarket has oodles of data on you, its now too late to do anything about it.

taffy056

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Even the supermarket has oodles of data on you, its now too late to do anything about it.

Yep go to tesco's website and login with your clubcard, and you order everything that you have bought for the last year or so , lots and lots of sandwiches are on mine lol

Welsh_Exile

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Even the supermarket has oodles of data on you, its now too late to do anything about it.

And Google, Facebook, Moneysupermarket, Amazon etc etc.

taffy056

Welsh_Exile wrote: »

And Google, Facebook, Moneysupermarket, Amazon etc etc.

Well everytime I close my browser it deletes all cookies, so they are not tracking me to much lol, as for facebook, I only put up there things that I want made public, of course nobody can search for me or see my wall etc unless they are my friends, unless my friends start taking screenshots of course

oohes

I believe all the information they gain is from the information that is on the V5 certificate for the vehicle, which is stored by the DVLA. I used to work in a company that could carry out 'keeper enquiries' on a vehicle - so you simply enter the reg number of a car and it would give you the registered keeper and their address as per the V5 (for a cost)

Crabman

shown73 wrote: »

The random collection of personal data is like a creeping disease in this country, with no apparent check on who is doing the collecting, or for what purpose.

The Information Commissioner's Office is supposed to look after these matters but in reality they're about as effective as the BPA are at regulating their members.

Companies know this, which is why an entire industry has thrived and makes many £millions in profit each year by trading our details.

HO87

As much as I am concerned about the accumulation of data by people and organisations I wouldn't otherwise trust to give me all of my fingers back if I was ever to shake hands with them, I am well aware that it is often driven by the insatiable desire of accountants (who now run things) to quantify everything.

I do not have a FB account, nor do I partake of any social media because at the end of the day, IMO, they are inherently anti-social. And don't give me the guff about there being no time in the modern world for face to face contact. The only reason there is no time is because people have allowed themselves to be drawn in by the incessant crap on TV (the greatest weapon of mass distraction - ever), console games and... social media.

Above all of that, I am more concerned by other organisations that pass themselves off as being in some way official and attempt to exercise power over us that they simply do not have. PPC's are good examples of this but we shouldn't forget debt collectors and there are plenty of others that occupy the ooze at the bottom of society. And long may they stay there.

@ oohes - You are correct. However, the question that should be asked is why should these companies be entitled to any information whatsoever? PPC's rarely own their car parks and are "protecting" their own selfish objectives - which all too often boil down to parasitically making money off the back of other businesses - with little risk to themselves.

Instead of droning on about their dearest's latest bowel movements on FB or wherever some people would do well to understand where society now is and wake up to the fact that unless they appreciate and exercise their rights they will disappear. From that point of view the Protection of Freedoms Act does not protect anyone's freedoms. It simply gives them away.[/rant mode]

shown73

That's sort of what I was getting at, but HO87 does it much better. We're just sleepwalking into something very insiduous, and most of it involves people/organisations which should never have been allowed access to private info in the first place.