SAR sent, and here's the response...

Erihskroy

Hi,

I received a PCN earlier this year from Ocean Parking operating at the Stockport Peel Centre car park. After a while I received an Letter Before Claim. I followed the steps om the NEWBIE thread by sending an SAR to the DPO and sending the lawyers an email about my SAR request to and hold the case.

I have had a response from the DPO and they are refusing to pass on the PDT machine record for that day. The NEWBIE thread says to insist on getting this data, which I did again, but the DPO responded that this was sensitive commercial information which does not relate to me. I did suggest they can redact parts of the VRNs but still no luck with the DPO. Last thing the DPO wrote was "There were 3,714 vehicle registrations recorded on the system for the date in question, and this data refers to other vehicles, and there is therefore no requirement for Ocean Parking to share this data as part of the SAR, when this does not contain any of your personal data, as well as being commercially sensitive).  Should the matter go to court, then any data of this nature may be considered on request by the court."

I have also sent a complaint to Ocean Parking as an "angry customer, dissatisfied with the unlawful methods of the debt collectors and legal partners, and that will not be returning to the retail park" -- along those lines.

I am unsure on what to do now. Do I sit and wait and see what happens?

Thanks.

Le_Kirk

They are right in that, it is not your data, you can "put the claimant to strict proof that your VRM was/was not" on the machine record for that day during the defence process once you get a claim form.  Let them tell a judge they cannot see it!  You can complain to the Stockport Peel Centre and ask them to get it cancelled as you were a valued customer that day and if they want to keep you, your family and friends as customers in the future they should call off their parking dogs!
You haven't stated what they say you did wrong.

patient_dream

Ocean Parking just like the rest of this mickey mouse industry live a life in another world.  Of course every company must apply data protection but they use this as an excuse

AND THEY SAY ....

Should the matter go to court, then any data of this nature may be considered on request by the court?

It's simple enough, if the court requests the information so they can prove their claim, they are not in a position to consider it, yes they can decline but no proof means no case to answer
CASE DISMISSED.

I am puzzled ..... has a company been set up to provide these replies for the scammers, we really are seeing a lot of rubbish nowadays

Erihskroy

Le_Kirk said:

You haven't stated what they say you did wrong.

This was for a unpaid parking. The shopping complex has been free to park for as long as I remember growing up. I've moved away from Stockport now and last time I visited I was hit by this PCN. Signage was very very limited and from other searches online many others have had the same shock.

And as many others did, I chose to ignore it and only act when the LBC stage came through.

I've followed all the steps so far and complained to Stockport Peel Centre. Waiting for a response from either now.

Erihskroy

Had a response from the Stockport Peel Centre car park. They replied that they believe the PCN still stands and that they do not accept my appeal. Note: I did not send it as an appeal, I sent it as a complaint.

In the dark now, not sure what to do or expect.

MothballsWallet

Erihskroy said:

Had a response from the Stockport Peel Centre car park. They replied that they believe the PCN still stands and that they do not accept my appeal. Note: I did not send it as an appeal, I sent it as a complaint.

In the dark now, not sure what to do or expect.

Did you complain to the centre management? If so, try escalating the complaint to The Peel Group's head office - these are the owners of all of the Peel Centres according to a Google search.

Grizebeck

Erihskroy said:

Had a response from the Stockport Peel Centre car park. They replied that they believe the PCN still stands and that they do not accept my appeal. Note: I did not send it as an appeal, I sent it as a complaint.

In the dark now, not sure what to do or expect.

Dont worry its a tame /harmless firm

Erihskroy

Update: still not heard anything from the carpark or CST Law. Not sure what's happening now.

I have heard recently that more and more PCNs are going to court now after a recent law has changed which makes it easier for companies to fight and win these cases? Is this true?

Coupon-mad

Nope, the opposite is true.

You might get a claim - but there's no new law supporting it.  In fact the law is changing to quash rogue conduct in about a year's time.  The Government is stepping in.

What trash did you read, some clueless advice talking about ParkingEye v Beavis from seven years ago as if it's news?  It's not new.

Please don't just go away from the forum though, because you might get a court claim to defend at some point, from a solicitor.  Never say never!

We sincerely hope that you are au fait with the need to respond to the final Government Public Consultation?

Please don't leave us just yet.

We all need to ram the nail in the coffin of the false £70 'admin fee' add-on, that actually funds the court claim and toxic CCJ culture, as well as the DRA and roboclaim 'legals' gaslighting of people.

Please come back here when it opens, and you can make sure you don't miss the Consultation:

If you are not a regular reader, to be alerted you'll need to bookmark the thread by MSE_JC at the top of the forum and enable (on your profile) email alerts for bookmarked threads.

Then join us when the Consultation opens.  Should be within weeks, hopefully.

Grizebeck

Erihskroy said:

Update: still not heard anything from the carpark or CST Law. Not sure what's happening now.

I have heard recently that more and more PCNs are going to court now after a recent law has changed which makes it easier for companies to fight and win these cases? Is this true?

Why are you wondering whats happening now when you have already  been advised

patient_dream

Erihskroy said:

Update: still not heard anything from the carpark or CST Law. Not sure what's happening now.

I have heard recently that more and more PCNs are going to court now after a recent law has changed which makes it easier for companies to fight and win these cases? Is this true?

Easy Peasy ........ CSTLaw have no answer, they never had one, they are simple timewasters ..... SO SAD

But where have you been told recently ... blabla
Someone is living in cloud nine

The parking scammers are being spanked more than they ever were, either a judge spanks them or the fools discontinue