I'm scared about what will happen and what I should do?

Coupon-mad

Come on, you'll never pay this. Read a few DCB Legal threads. Thousands here.

Car1980

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81970461#Comment_81970461

You aren't understanding the business model.

DCB Legal make 1000+ court claims a week. That would be 200 cases throughout the country every day. There aren't even 200 county court rooms in England!

The business model is simply to make court claims, pocket the money from the terrified and ignorant and then discontinue the rest of the claims. Then they'll be another 1000 fresh victims for the next week. It's a legalised scam. Anybody can threaten anyone with court. It's just a speculative invoice. YOU could take THEM to court if you wanted. There is literally nothing stopping you from paying the £35 and suing THEM! Or anybody else you fancy. It's just a website.

17 million of these tickets are issued every year. Just ignore until the court claim arrives in the post, use the templated defence on the online form and then a couple more bits of paperwork. You'll be helped all the way.

ChirpyChicken

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81970540#Comment_81970540

No that isnt how data is updated when cases go to dcbl

The user just needs to download the dcb app. Load their details (old address) and then update it in account settings that then updates the address on the dcb system.

Alternatively email the dpo @ dcbl

To the OP this case wont go to a hearing so dont waste your money

Just use the dcbl to update your info. Very easy

Le_Kirk

How am I supposed to know the contact details for the data protection officer of the parking company?

This is what the OP asked. I read and understood what you wrote but will DCB Legal or DCBL inform the PPC? What if the solicitor is not DCB Legal?

Coupon-mad

Updating details on the DCB app is what to do, as this is the OP's stage:

"Yet today I still had a letter from dcbl to pay £170"

And this is what to do to update the address:

The user just needs to download the dcb app. Load their details (old address) and then update it in account settings that then updates the address on the dcb system.

ChirpyChicken

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81971612#Comment_81971612

They dont need to inform ParkMaven

Now this is slightly technical but that is not how the life cycle of PCNs that go over to DCBL / DCB Legal work

Data gets sent in bulk to DCBL - Any cases that go to DCBL then go to DCBL legal

The Data that DCBL use is the data that DCB Legal use, they may/may not do a soft trace

If they obtain a CCJ then the data then flows back to DCBL

So in any DCBL case you only need to update their data to ensure any claim form goes to the right address regardless of the data the parking firm owns

The same applies to Trace although they dont have a portal (yet)

SSmith99

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81970883#Comment_81970883

I need to download the dcbl app and change my details? I'm losing sleep over this as I find it confusing.
What's actually going to happen if I don't pay it? I've never been to court and it sounds stressful.
I want to do an online course in international human rights so tempted to pay it so that dcbl will go away and I can concentrate on my course, as I'm scared about what will happen next if I don't.

SSmith99

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

Nothing happens when I click on those links for previous cases, but it also says in the link, to not pay it but also don't ignore it. If I can't pay for ignore it, then what should I do? I think I'll give it 2 days to try and understand what I should be doing so I don't have to worry about it forever, or what will happen next, such as increased charges, and then I'll pay it to make it go away.

ChirpyChicken

Go on your phone

Find the app

Register

Update the address

Stop panicking

Forget paying them

SSmith99

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81971891#Comment_81971891

How will registering for an app and giving them all my personal details help with my situation?