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PCN change of address

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Hello helpful people,
I received a PCN from Ocean Parking in April 2023 which i unsuccessfully appealed. No surprises there. In July 2023 i moved to a new address and updated all my address details with the DVLA. I have access to my old address occasionally and now picked up a few letters of demand from Debt Recovery Plus and  a letter from CST Law (dated 3 Nov 2023) acting on behalf of DRP, suggesting i keep my address details updated with DRP.
If it gets to court stage, i don't want to miss actual court letters, but at the same time I don't want to communicate with DRP/CST. Do i update Ocean Parking with my new address via email/post? Or will they contact the DVLA again to get correct details? Many thanks,

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  • la531983
    la531983 Posts: 3,004 Forumite
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    edited 21 November 2023 at 9:49AM
    Yes, you update the shysters with your address but that is it. No other chit chat of any kind.
  • Fruitcake
    Fruitcake Posts: 59,457 Forumite
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    edited 21 November 2023 at 10:35AM
    Parking companies are only allowed to access DVLA data once, and always use this data unless you instruct them otherwise.
    Send a rectification notice to the DPO of Ocean Parking, instructing them to erase your data and replace it with your current address for service. Either do the same to the powerless debt collectors or tell Ocean Parking to instruct their agents to do it.
    Repeat the process if you move again within six years of the date of the alleged event.
    Make sure you use the word I have highlighted as it has a specific meaning where data processing is concerned.

    Meanwhile, Plan A is to complain to the landowner and your MP, and it is never too late to do so.
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  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 150,989 Forumite
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    You MUST tell them to erase the old address.
    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
  • No1knows
    No1knows Posts: 33 Forumite
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    So, an update on this now very old matter. I instructed Ocean parking to erase my old address and notify DRP about the same. They acknowledged the change, although i kept picking up letters from DRP from my old address until mid 2024, which i ignored. In Nov 2024 i started getting letters about the same matter from Trace Debt Recovery and now in March 2025 got one from Moorside Legal, followed by a LoC from Moorside dated 7 April 2025. I need to respond to Moorside's LoC, but unsure what data of mine they have as i can not remember if i identified myself as the driver when i appealed. Please can you suggest how to respond/amend the response. 
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 150,989 Forumite
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    Just send the LBC response in the NEWBIES thread.
    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
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