Good afternoon,

 

I am currently in the process of investigating a complaint that our Council is unfairly processing personal data by requiring members of the public to input their vehicle registration number at the time of purchasing a car park ticket. The rationale for this is to stop ‘ticket swapping’. A car parking ticket will only be considered valid if the registration number printed on the ticket matches the vehicle that it is displayed in.

 

My gut feeling is that in this instance the registration number is not personal data as defined by the Act. It would be very difficult to identify a specific individual that purchased a ticket from the registration number alone.

 

I have had a look on the ICO website but nearly the all the information I can find relating to vehicle registration numbers concerns Google Streetview or ANPR systems, neither of which would apply to this scenario as we are not capturing any images.

 

I know that many Council’s now operate this kind of car parking system and wondered if anyone else has dealt with a similar complaint and how you have responded?

 

Many thanks,

 

Amy Jaines - Information Governance Officer

 

Information Management

East Lindsey District Council,

Room 158, Tedder Hall, Manby Park, Manby

Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 8UP

 

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