Does DVLA have a right to sell motorists details?
Last October, he was made the subject of an IVA (Individual Voluntary Arrangement) by the High Court a device used by people on the verge of bankruptcy to help them manage their debts. The Government’s Insolvency Service confirmed last night that the order against him was still in force. Creative Car Park Management uses a complex web of companies making it difficult to see how much money is earned from its clamping operation. It has the dubious distinction of having allegedly charged the highest fee on record 750 to release a car that had been immobilised and then taken away on a pick-up truck, according to the RAC Foundation. It installs cameras at the entrances and exits to its sites to record the numberplates of drivers who, the company alleges, stay beyond the “free parking” limit. Its clients include several large property companies, hospitals and the Co-op and Aldi supermarket chains. Between April 2007 and March 2008, CCPM purchased the personal details of 21,326 motorists by p
