Parking Charge Notice from CPM - claim dropped

Le_Kirk

TheSecretSocialist said:

I see, more of a psychological thing than anything else. Let them know that I'm ready to go to court, that I expect to win, and I expect to be awarded costs.

Hopefully they will s*** or get off the pot. 

You seem to believe that you are dealing with people who actually give a s*** (your word) rather than a well-oiled (but often misguided) machine.

TheSecretSocialist

I'm just experimenting.  If it works it works, if not then there is no loss to me. 

D_P_Dance

In matters such as this keeping things simple is usually the best policy, you are not dealing with John Lewis. 

TheSecretSocialist

Canceled - details to follow.

pould

TheSecretSocialist said:

Canceled - details to follow.

Fantastic!! How does it feel to take these guys on and call their bluff?

Le_Kirk

TheSecretSocialist said:

Canceled - details to follow.

Excellent - pop corn ordered!

TheSecretSocialist

It's great. I just want to get confirmation from the debt collectors that they have been instructed to cancel collection activity before sharing any further details.

D_P_Dance

Meanwhile read this

ttps://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/letter/letter-before-small-claims-court-claim

For the price of a postage stamp you can caused them a lot of expense.

TheSecretSocialist

This is the letter I sent to the PPC that seems to have been the deciding factor in them dropping the claim against me, after they had passed on my details to a debt recovery company.

It might be a useful template for people, especially if the PPC is trying to claim from the registered keeper, when they have failed to show that the registered keeper has any liability.

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My Address

My Email Address

Date

PPC NAME AND ADDRESS

Information rights concern Ref: PCN XXXXX

To whom it may concern, 

I am concerned that you have not handled my personal information properly.  You have recently written to me to demand that I, as the registered keeper of vehicle XXX XXX, pay a fee of £XXX for an alleged parking violation.

Within this formal demand you state that it is the driver that is liable for any fee. As you are aware, given the wording of your letter, under Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 and given the length of time between the alleged parking violation and the issuing of the notice to keeper, the registered keeper has no liability for this fee. You were explicitly made aware of this fact as part of my appeal. 

You have recently processed my personal data (including name, address and vehicle registration number) and passed that personal information on to a debt recovery company, NAME OF DEBT RECOVERY COMPANY , and instructed them to collect the fee you state is owed in PCN XXXX.

As you are aware there was no legal basis for you to share this personal information with any third party and as such you are in breach of the Data Protection Act 2018 (GDPR) by doing so. 

I now require you to contact NAME OF DEBT RECOVERY COMPANY and instruct them to cease all activity in relation to the recovery of an claimed fees for PCN XXXXXX, and for them to delete any and all personal information about myself. 

I understand that before reporting my concern to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) I should give you the chance to deal with it.  If, when I receive your response, I would still like to report my concern to the ICO, I will give them a copy of it to consider. 

You can find guidance on your obligations under information rights legislation on the ICO’s website ( www.ico.org.uk) as well as information on their regulatory powers and the action they can take. 

Please send a full response within one calendar month. 

If there is anything you would like to discuss, please contact me by email at

 EMAIL ADDRESS

Yours faithfully 

NAME

Le_Kirk

I now require you to contact NAME OF DEBT RECOVERY COMPANY and instruct them to cease all activity in relation to the recovery of an claimed fees for PCN XXXXXX, and for them to delete any and all personal information about myself. 

That should be ERASE not delete.  Ask Auntie Google the difference.