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MIL COLLECTIONS please help

Hi Can someone please help me

I have received a letter from “MIL collections” dated 6/10/17 stating further action -
MIL claiming I have 7 days to pay an unpaid charge of £100 for parking in the wrong bay on private land , then I have another letter dated 12/10/17 which is from car park management services stating they have sold their interest in the debt to MIL , I am not sure what to do from here , up until now I have ignored any letters from this car pArk management services & zenith collections , and now i have received the letter from MIL collections saying I need to pay them £100 or further action will be taken , please could you advise on what I should do ,

Many thanks
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  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,831 Forumite
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    Debt collector letter - ignore (see NEWBIES FAQ sticky, post #4). Come back if you get a LBC/LBA/LBCCC or real court papers.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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  • Hi I have now has a letter before action , It says they are giving me notice that they are preparing to recover the suns die and Costa via a small claims action within 14 days , then further down in bold it states “DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE LETTER YOU MAY NOT RECIEVW FURTHER COMMUNICATION FROM US PRIOR TO ISSUE OF A SMALL CLAIMS ACTION “ - im not sure what to do should I still be ignoring this ?
  • pappa_golf
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    the origional ticket from car park management services , did you ever reply to them , did you appeal , did you give them your full name and address ,

    or

    did car park management services get your info from the dvla

    this is an important question , please answer
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  • beamerguy
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    How can car park management services sell an unproven
    debt ??
    Unlike a proven bank loan as an example

    Do MIL have all the evidence

    As said, was it CPMS who obtained your data from the DVLA

    DVLA confirm massive data protection breach to MIL Collections
    http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/dvla-confirm-massive-data-protection.html
  • Hi when I found the original ticket I phoned up and disputed it , I never heard anything more , no I didn’t give them any details of mine , they obtained from DVLA
  • pappa_golf
    pappa_golf Posts: 8,895 Forumite
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    "they obtained from DVLA"

    in which case there is a serious problem , CPMS are banned from selling or assigning any case where details have been obtained from the DVLA

    most MIL cases came to a stop a few months ago , hower there now seem to be a few trickling thru

    the DVLA are not happy , nor the BPA , await people more clued up on MIL , as to next step ,

    http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/dvla-confirm-massive-data-protection.html
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  • beamerguy
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    And to the OP ...

    "DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE LETTER YOU MAY NOT RECIEVW FURTHER COMMUNICATION FROM US PRIOR TO ISSUE OF A SMALL CLAIMS ACTION “

    This is rubbish ... it's not serious, IT'S A SCAM

    First step is to request from the DVLA the date your data
    was accessed and by which company.

    The DVLA is required to tell you.

    Then come back here. In the meantime, do not be sucked
    in by the paragraph above
  • pappa_golf
    pappa_golf Posts: 8,895 Forumite
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    http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/parking-awareness-services-to-pay-400.html


    they play dirty , so do you , get the info from the DVLA , fight MIL , forwarn them that the are party to a DPA breach , chances are they will back off or not attend , then you hit CPMS with a claim under data protection acy , for selling your info when specifically banned by the DVLA for this

    you may as well get D Dunsford involved as well ,

    fight the !!!!!!s back , hit emm hard
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  • pappa_golf
    pappa_golf Posts: 8,895 Forumite
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    and a nice snippet http://notomob.co.uk/discussions/index.php?topic=6016.0


    (another IPC company) The IPC released this statement about their operator Northwest Parking Enforcement.

    Further to your complaint that Northwest Parking Enforcement is in breach of their KADOE contract with the DVLA by engaging Mil Collections to enforce their parking charges under the terms of a debt-purchase arrangement.

    We have made the necessary enquiries with the DVLA who have clarified there had been a misinterpretation of the terms of the contract and that subsequently Mil collections should not be considered a ‘sub-contractor’ under it. The company would therefore be required to obtain the prior consent of the DVLA in order to engage in such an arrangement irrespective of whether they retained a significant degree of control over the data in question.

    Accordingly, the arrangement that was in place may have put the operator in breach of the KADOE contract but this is limited to cases where the data was requested under the terms of the KADOE contract. It should be noted that this does not apply where the information was obtained or confirmed through other means.

    Since the point has been clarified, we have been informed that the company is no longer referring keeper data that has been obtained under the KADOE contract to Mil collections and, as such, this issue should not arise in the future.


    OK , the IPC accept the DVLA ruling , so why are they allowing another member to do this ??

    if they were contactable , you could ask therm , (pigs will fly)
    Save a Rachael

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