So it turns out he's actually an 'unsavoury' character : -)
Wannabe W1 DOW-er faked car crash to track down reg plate's owner
A man from Bristol, England, lied to a government agency to get his hands on a private number plate reading "W1 DOW", a court has heard. In a hearing at Bristol Magistrates' Court, Miles Savory – director of Accident Claims Handlers – yesterday pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining the personal information of the plate's owner …
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Friday 5th January 2018 11:45 GMT Ogi
> and why does he want widow on his numberplate?
Similar reason to the guy he wanted to buy it from? Or maybe he owns an early Porsche 911 and wanted an appropriate plate?
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Thursday 4th January 2018 12:53 GMT Hans Neeson-Bumpsadese
Re: And what about the DVLA?
Due diligence check was probably done initially against the company, so that any requests from them could be honoured without having to go through the rigmarole of a check each time.. Once initial trust has been established, the trusted party can (if they are so inclined, and he was) abuse that trust.
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Thursday 4th January 2018 14:16 GMT Doctor Syntax
Re: And what about the DVLA?
"the rigmarole of a check"
The "rigmarole" could include requiring the crime number as per the OP and making 1 in N checks with the police. It's called "having a process in place".
It raises the question of how DVLA will respond to further requests from this guy's office in future. If they really do make the thorough checks which now seem appropriate it could cost him a packet.
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Thursday 4th January 2018 15:35 GMT Prst. V.Jeltz
Re: And what about the DVLA?
Well in some countries everyone is entitled to look up any vehicle / owner details.
So is it that big a deal?
I realise there will be knee jerk privacy enthusiast downvotes , but it works in other countries - proper civilised countries i'm talking ... ( i think its Norway)
They also make public how much everyone earns
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Thursday 4th January 2018 16:00 GMT Goldmember
Re: And what about the DVLA?
"I think the DVLA should be reported to the ICO for failing to have stringent checks in place. It looks like they give out info without any kind of due dilligence."
Big upvote for that. They've passed my details on to various cowboy private parking "companies" without any checks, and even allowed one of my previous cars - which was stolen and had been reported as such - to be registered to someone else and taxed.
It seems that not only do they not have 'stringent' checks in place, they seemingly have no checks at all.
Fuckers.
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Friday 5th January 2018 07:36 GMT TonyB
Re: And what about the DVLA?
Perhaps the system should be changed so that when a private (non police) entity asks for ownership details, you are also sent a copy of the response. And if it shows that the enquiry came from 'Ethical Parking Limited' and a week later you get a penalty demand from 'Bovver Boy Parking', you know that EPS have passed on your details to BBP (probably the same person, but legally separate entities so presumably in contravention of DVLC rules) and on receipt of a complaint, DVLC should stop both entities from accessing their data.
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Thursday 4th January 2018 13:08 GMT phuzz
They didn't call it the Bristol Olympus (as seen used in the Vulcan, and Concorde) because it was made in Kent mate.
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