>Whilst the assumption of purpose fits in with the described circumstance, could the >photograph equally have been for ............ I was actually using personal knowledge of the system implemented at Redcar & Cleveland when parking was decriminalised. Wardens have legitimate reasons for taking photos of vehicles to prove that tickets were properly issued. Of course, the "warden" observed could have been somebody pretending to be a warden - but that would not be the responsibility of the local authority concerned, would it :-) Graham ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^