Data Protection Act Help!!!!

Tiddlywinks

You should now google 'OCD' because your reaction (dog with a bone) is verging on the obsessive.

BTW, the ICO is the Regulator for the DPA so why do you need a solicitor to take court action just send him a complaint - job done?

Neil1975_2

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

You should now google 'OCD' because your reaction (dog with a bone) is verging on the obsessive.

BTW, the ICO is the Regulator for the DPA so why do you need a solicitor to take court action just send him a complaint - job done?

I wouldn’t of said obsessive, several people have called in question the events that have occurred and I have answered these questions the best I can, even an alleged ‘troll’ has the right to defend himself.

I’m aware of the role of the information commissioners office, but as my argument with the delivery company and its driver is not solely based on the issue of the dpa, and that my claim covers several aspects, it is not necessary at this time to involve the ico. As you’ll be aware the ico will only get involved if a company does not rectify a fault raised from breaking the codes of the dpa.

maninthestreet

Neil1975 wrote: »

The company held no details about me prior to incident, when I spoke to the manager I authorised him to pass the details I gave him to their insurers who could then address the matter which would include speaking with the driver. However this manager decided to contact the driver, and as I suspect, hand him my reg number and details of the where abouts of the incident. This led to the driver searching the street for my car and then making his uninvited visit, hence the manager did not control my details correctly.

Or the other explanation is that the driver remembered the car make, model and colour (and maybe even some of the registration number), and merely did some simple searching and located the vehicle on your drive. A car registration number has to be displayed clearly, both front and rear on any vehicle
used on a public road, they are hardly secret, are they?

photome

Neil1975 wrote: »

Whilst I would never wish to see someone lose their job, I can’t ignore the fact that this driver chose to try and save time by reversing a 7 and a half tonne wagon out of a blind junction. There is a primary school less than 200 meters away, which my daughter goes to, and if he could not see a car behind him flashing it’s lights and sounding it’s horn it is unlikely he would have seen a child crossing.

BUT he didnt hit you, he didnt hit a child and he didnt have an accident. You did with a hedge.

I drive 30000 miles a year if I reported every near miss or every incident of dangerous driving (which is how you view it) i would forever be writing reports and be on the phone to police etc.

You really should get a grip. You say you dont wnat the driver to lose his job, but that is a possible outcome, so if he does, I hope you will be proud of yourself

Neil1975_2

maninthestreet wrote: »

Or the other explanation is that the driver remembered the car make, model and colour (and maybe even some of the registration number), and merely did some simple searching and located the vehicle on your drive. A car registration number has to be displayed clearly, both front and rear on any vehicle
used on a public road, they are hardly secret, are they?

This is what I covered in my previous posts… either the driver was aware of the incident and saw my reg number and drove off anyway, in which case he not only left the scene of an incident but also would have been p****d off he got caught out when his boss phoned him, hence his mood when he turned up at my house.

Or… he was not aware of the incident and after the manager advised me that the insurers would be dealing with the incident, he then gave sufficient details to the driver who then went searching for my house and turned up uninvited banging on the door.

Neil1975_2

photome wrote: »

BUT he didnt hit you, he didnt hit a child and he didnt have an accident. You did with a hedge.

I drive 30000 miles a year if I reported every near miss or every incident of dangerous driving (which is how you view it) i would forever be writing reports and be on the phone to police etc.

You really should get a grip. You say you dont wnat the driver to lose his job, but that is a possible outcome, so if he does, I hope you will be proud of yourself

I appreciate your point, however the bottom line is I was stationary for over a minute flashing my lights and banging my horn trying to get this guys attention, I couldn’t go backwards as there was a car blocking me and if I had not have driver into the hedge the guys tailgate would have gone through my windscreen, not a nice situation to be in. As you’ve said he didn’t hit me or a child, however my daughter goes to that school and passes that junction on her way home, unfortunately it’s the thought of what could have happened that occupies your mind long after the incident and if the driver thinks it’s ok to drive like this maybe he shouldn’t be on the road.

As for you reporting all the dangerous driving you see, maybe you should, if a few more people tackled the idiots on the road instead of just moaning about them maybe they’d be a lot less accidents.

photome

Neil1975 wrote: »

I appreciate your point, however the bottom line is I was stationary for over a minute flashing my lights and banging my horn trying to get this guys attention, I couldn’t go backwards as there was a car blocking me and if I had not have driver into the hedge the guys tailgate would have gone through my windscreen, not a nice situation to be in. As you’ve said he didn’t hit me or a child, however my daughter goes to that school and passes that junction on her way home, unfortunately it’s the thought of what could have happened that occupies your mind long after the incident and if the driver thinks it’s ok to drive like this maybe he shouldn’t be on the road.

As for you reporting all the dangerous driving you see, maybe you should, if a few more people tackled the idiots on the road instead of just moaning about them maybe they’d be a lot less accidents.

But it was 5 months ago, and it is still occupying your mind? I dont even remember what happened last week.

There was no one hurt, that surely should be the end of it and you didnt say if you would be proud if the driver lost his job...maybe thats what you want

Neil1975_2

photome wrote: »

But it was 5 months ago, and it is still occupying your mind? I dont even remember what happened last week.

There was no one hurt, that surely should be the end of it and you didnt say if you would be proud if the driver lost his job...maybe thats what you want

Unfortunately yes it is still occupying my mind, the company and their insurers took well over a month to sort out the damages to my car, and then took a further two months to finally give me a half arsed apology that didn’t explain why the events had occurred or how the driver had ended up at my home. Given that I’d agreed to let them deal with the matter, as you can imagine it’s rather annoyed me that I’ve had to take further steps to deal with it.


As for the driver, if it was an isolated incident his line manager should either caution him or arrange some retraining…. If it wasn’t an isolated incident and he drives like this all the time then yes, as I said in my last post, maybe he should not be on the road, if that involves him loosing his job so be it.

photome

^^^

Oh well so be it, you will do what you are going to do.

You came on here asking for advice, I havent seen one post that agrees with what you are doing and the advice from most is to drop it.

Hope I dont cross you one day

Chopper_Read

Neil1975 wrote: »

This is what I covered in my previous posts… either the driver was aware of the incident and saw my reg number and drove off anyway, in which case he not only left the scene of an incident but also would have been p****d off he got caught out when his boss phoned him, hence his mood when he turned up at my house.

Or… he was not aware of the incident and after the manager advised me that the insurers would be dealing with the incident, he then gave sufficient details to the driver who then went searching for my house and turned up uninvited banging on the door.

How do you know what mood he was in as you didn't have the bottle to open the door?