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P4Parking Scotland text message

atsco
atsco Posts: 7 Forumite
edited 12 November 2018 at 8:27PM in Parking tickets, fines & parking
P four started to send me letters. Since they misspelled my name I decided to ignore them.

However, now they started to text me on an unregistered pay as you go number. Which is super creepy and might be a GDPR violation?

Has there anything recently changed in the law in Scotland?
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  • DoaM
    DoaM Posts: 11,863 Forumite
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    No - they're fishing.

    How did they get your mobile number?
  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    DoaM wrote: »
    No - they're fishing.

    How did they get your mobile number?

    Just consider this as spam on top of a scam. Follow the advice on this site

    https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/stop-spam-texts/
  • atsco
    atsco Posts: 7 Forumite
    I have no idea how they got my phone number!

    So I was wondering if anybody else ever received texts from them?

    And if that is a GDPR violation?
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,844 Forumite
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    And if that is a GDPR violation?
    We are not DPA/GDPR experts, so you might want to try one of the other MSE sub forums.
    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.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,731 Forumite
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    I have no idea how they got my phone number!

    Yes you do, you and most people are easy to trace and stalk, by scum firms:

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/74840659#Comment_74840659

    Just block the number and ignore them, they are fishing for who was driving, DO NOT REPLY.
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
     Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • atsco
    atsco Posts: 7 Forumite
    As mentioned in the first post, on all their correspondence they have my name wrong!

    I do get the occasional PPI spam on that number, but usually cold phishing without knowing my name.
  • Castle
    Castle Posts: 4,956 Forumite
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    atsco wrote: »
    I have no idea how they got my phone number!

    So I was wondering if anybody else ever received texts from them?

    And if that is a GDPR violation?
    Your mobile number is personal data and therefore subject to the Data Protection Act and GDPR.
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,731 Forumite
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    Like I said, that number is traceable to you. Either on Social Media or because your Bank/credit card or similar firm has put it on your credit record, visible to any company doing a 'soft trace/search' like in the link I gave you.
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
     Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • Johno100
    Johno100 Posts: 5,259 Forumite
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    atsco wrote: »
    As mentioned in the first post, on all their correspondence they have my name wrong!

    I do get the occasional PPI spam on that number, but usually cold phishing without knowing my name.

    And is your name spelt correctly on the V5c ((AKA Log Book) for the vehicle?
  • atsco
    atsco Posts: 7 Forumite
    This didn't even occurred to me. So when I checked I found out it isn't.

    So obviously I will get this sorted asap.

    Does thus change my defence in any way?
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