Data Protection Act Help!!!!

JQ.

Some top trolling from the OP and I've got to admit I bit, however it's just making me laugh now.

Tiddlywinks

JQ. wrote: »

Some top trolling from the OP and I've got to admit I bit, however it's just making me laugh now.

I agree... troll or seriously deluded.

The police would not be interested as there is no personal injury and there was no actual collision so 'failing to stop' would be hard to prove as the van driver did not know about the accident at that point...soI seriously doubt the claim that they will visit and have a word with the company.

As to the 'distress' caused and the resulting court case... why would any legal professional agree to sue? What is the actual loss? The company has already agreed to pay (via insurance) for the repairs so all that is left is... personal distress. Right!

Multiple choice:

a) Troll
b) Deluded
c) Man up and get a grip - accidents happen.

Neil1975_2

happybiker wrote: »

So, you do not have any independant witnesses ( the driver of the car you noted the registration number of may fail to cooperate or may not even be found (car sold, scrapped or exported)

It is simply your word against the delivery drivers that he caused you to have an accident. I am extremely surprised that the insurance company paid up, but don't know the reasons why.

By taking further legal action, you will risk deeper investigation of the incident and from the evidence you have presented on here, you might well be accused of insurance fraud. This would also involve the owner of the car you were driving.


Best let sleeping dogs stay where they are methinks, you could well be opening a can of worms that will drown you.

It turned out that the car that was behind me belongs to a chap who lives at the bottom of my street however I have never approached him about the incident, I do however know he was aware of it as my brother in law advised me that the chap mentioned it in a school meeting about traffic calming in the area.

Neil1975_2

photome wrote: »

Think we may have already reached that point, not helped by greedy claimants and even greedier solicitors.

As has been said the driver may not have had the OP details but just been on the look out to go round and apologise, maybe he was worried about his job, but I guess the OP wouldnt care less if he lost his job as long as he got compensation for the stress of someone knocking on his door.

The more i read the more unbelievable it gets

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.

Neil1975_2

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

I agree... troll or seriously deluded.

The police would not be interested as there is no personal injury and there was no actual collision so 'failing to stop' would be hard to prove as the van driver did not know about the accident at that point...soI seriously doubt the claim that they will visit and have a word with the company.

As to the 'distress' caused and the resulting court case... why would any legal professional agree to sue? What is the actual loss? The company has already agreed to pay (via insurance) for the repairs so all that is left is... personal distress. Right!

Multiple choice:

a) Troll
b) Deluded
c) Man up and get a grip - accidents happen.

First off I must confess I don’t even know what a ‘troll’ is…

As for the police, with all respect I spoke to them, you didn’t. The officer I dealt with advised that as the company had accepted liability for the incident and had advised that they were in the process of dealing with the drivers visit, there was no need for the police to investigate the incident. However the officer involved said he was severely concerned that the driver had turned up at my property after I had reported the incident to the company and would be speaking to the company regardless to advice them against this course of action in future.

In regards to the distress caused, I appreciate many people have mocked the drivers visit however they were not there. I doubt very much that the driver called round for a coffee and to apologise with the way he was banging on the door, in retrospect if someone else had of been in the house I may have answered it but as the door is at the rear of the property and I was on my own I believe I made the right choice not answering it. My point with this is that after my making a complaint and being given instruction by the company that the matter would be addressed b their insurers, I was then faced with the driver entering my property without permission and knocking hell out of my door.

I originally placed this post to seek advice on how people interpret the laws surrounding the dpa but the thread seems to have taken on a life of its own. The fact remains that either the driver was aware of the incident and simply drove away, and thus got a good look at my car so knew what to look for when he got the call, or the manager gave the driver my car details which I have now been advised by two solicitors was a breach of the dpa.

ILW

Neil1975 wrote: »

First off I must confess I don’t even know what a ‘troll’ is…

As for the police, with all respect I spoke to them, you didn’t. The officer I dealt with advised that as the company had accepted liability for the incident and had advised that they were in the process of dealing with the drivers visit, there was no need for the police to investigate the incident. However the officer involved said he was severely concerned that the driver had turned up at my property after I had reported the incident to the company and would be speaking to the company regardless to advice them against this course of action in future.

In regards to the distress caused, I appreciate many people have mocked the drivers visit however they were not there. I doubt very much that the driver called round for a coffee and to apologise with the way he was banging on the door, in retrospect if someone else had of been in the house I may have answered it but as the door is at the rear of the property and I was on my own I believe I made the right choice not answering it. My point with this is that after my making a complaint and being given instruction by the company that the matter would be addressed b their insurers, I was then faced with the driver entering my property without permission and knocking hell out of my door.

I originally placed this post to seek advice on how people interpret the laws surrounding the dpa but the thread seems to have taken on a life of its own. The fact remains that either the driver was aware of the incident and simply drove away, and thus got a good look at my car so knew what to look for when he got the call, or the manager gave the driver my car details which I have now been advised by two solicitors was a breach of the dpa.

Think you need to "man up" a bit.

Chopper_Read

Neil1975 wrote: »

First off I must confess I don’t even know what a ‘troll’ is…

As for the police, with all respect I spoke to them, you didn’t. The officer I dealt with advised that as the company had accepted liability for the incident and had advised that they were in the process of dealing with the drivers visit, there was no need for the police to investigate the incident. However the officer involved said he was severely concerned that the driver had turned up at my property after I had reported the incident to the company and would be speaking to the company regardless to advice them against this course of action in future.

In regards to the distress caused, I appreciate many people have mocked the drivers visit however they were not there. I doubt very much that the driver called round for a coffee and to apologise with the way he was banging on the door, in retrospect if someone else had of been in the house I may have answered it but as the door is at the rear of the property and I was on my own I believe I made the right choice not answering it. My point with this is that after my making a complaint and being given instruction by the company that the matter would be addressed b their insurers, I was then faced with the driver entering my property without permission and knocking hell out of my door.

I originally placed this post to seek advice on how people interpret the laws surrounding the dpa but the thread seems to have taken on a life of its own. The fact remains that either the driver was aware of the incident and simply drove away, and thus got a good look at my car so knew what to look for when he got the call, or the manager gave the driver my car details which I have now been advised by two solicitors was a breach of the dpa.

You gave your car details to the manager who we gues passed them onto the driver. So how has the DPA been breached?

Chopper_Read

Neil1975 wrote: »

First off I must confess I don’t even know what a ‘troll’ is…

As for the police, with all respect I spoke to them, you didn’t. The officer I dealt with advised that as the company had accepted liability for the incident and had advised that they were in the process of dealing with the drivers visit, there was no need for the police to investigate the incident. However the officer involved said he was severely concerned that the driver had turned up at my property after I had reported the incident to the company and would be speaking to the company regardless to advice them against this course of action in future.

In regards to the distress caused, I appreciate many people have mocked the drivers visit however they were not there. I doubt very much that the driver called round for a coffee and to apologise with the way he was banging on the door, in retrospect if someone else had of been in the house I may have answered it but as the door is at the rear of the property and I was on my own I believe I made the right choice not answering it. My point with this is that after my making a complaint and being given instruction by the company that the matter would be addressed b their insurers, I was then faced with the driver entering my property without permission and knocking hell out of my door.

I originally placed this post to seek advice on how people interpret the laws surrounding the dpa but the thread seems to have taken on a life of its own. The fact remains that either the driver was aware of the incident and simply drove away, and thus got a good look at my car so knew what to look for when he got the call, or the manager gave the driver my car details which I have now been advised by two solicitors was a breach of the dpa.

Google it as you are one.

Neil1975_2

Chopper_Read wrote: »

You gave your car details to the manager who we gues passed them onto the driver. So how has the DPA been breached?

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.

Neil1975_2

Chopper_Read wrote: »

Google it as you are one.

I’ve googled it now lol, trust me it would be much easier if I was one and this incident had never occurred but I can assure it unfortunately did.

As for ‘trolling’, the same could be said for a chap posting that he allegedly does not know how to rip a dvd?!?!

Tip for you, look for a copy of 'slycroft any dvd' and let it run in the background