MPC and landlord making us display our address on car

Tanuki_2

Hey,

I've really struggled to find anything about this online.

So basically, recently our landlord decided to change our car park, which serves two blocks of rented flats on a cul-de-sac, and it is now under the rule of MyParkingCharge.co.uk

We now need permits to park in the car park, which after some back and forth with the landlord we got the space we've used for 4 years in front of our ground floor flat due to my being disabled and needing easier access to the car. I have a blue badge etc.

We were sent a "notice" of a charge the other day which we seem to have resolved with the landlord.


My bigger issue is that residents have been given these tax disk things to put in cars to show which car belongs to which address. They have the number and street clearly shown on the front and my issue is with privacy and data protection.

We've had the police come and warn residents several times this year alone about break ins in the area, and i think having our address shown on a car in a disabled bay with a blue badge seems like our home would an easy target.

There are two cameras in the car park one at the front and one at the back, but they do not cover the entire car park and our flat could be broken into by someone avoiding the cameras.

As i say i am disabled in a wheelchair and my partner works nights.

I'm trying to find out where we stand on our information being so public like this, not only when the car is in the carpark but when driven and parked elsewhere.

Can anyone help?

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I'm trying to find out where we stand on our information being so public like this

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Umkomaas

i think having our address shown on a car in a disabled bay with a blue badge seems like our home would an easy target.

I'd be even more concerned about the address being visible if your car was parked in a distant airport car park while you're abroad for a couple of weeks.

Computersaysno

What does your lease say????


I'll repeat ...What does your lease say???


And now I'll shout it...WHAT DOES YOUR LEASE SAY???!!!!!!!


Read the lease and then you can take it from there...


Or simply put a false address down.

Coupon-mad

My bigger issue is that residents have been given these tax disk things to put in cars to show which car belongs to which address. They have the number and street clearly shown on the front and my issue is with privacy and data protection.

That is terrible - and a clear matter for an ICO COMPLAINT, but given you've already had a PCN (that you 'think' is resolved, but we doubt it) you are missing the even bigger, long-term and much more terrible issue:

recently our landlord decided to change our car park, which serves two blocks of rented flats on a cul-de-sac, and it is now under the rule of MyParkingCharge.co.uk

We now need permits to park in the car park, which after some back and forth with the landlord we got the space we've used for 4 years

You all had an existing easement allowing you UNFETTERED RIGHTS to park on the estate, and they've removed that without consent or consultation (presumably?) and replaced it by unilaterally imposing on you all, the 'private nuisance' of an ex-clamper firm who can suddenly impose penalties that were NOT set out in your tenancy agreement.

That's a 'derogation from grant' (trying to take away or make worse with one hand, what was freely given already, on the other).

Search this forum for threads with these keywords:

Easement appurtenant

and

derogation from grant

and

private nuisance

and get this parking firm removed, or opt your bay OUT OF THE SCHEME.