Peter Crosland expressed precisely :
> Fray McBentos wrote:
>> On weds evening I caught part of a "traffic police" tv program.
>> Cameras following police to see what they do etc.
>>
>> Anyway, There was a part where an ANPR camera caught an uninsured
>> driver, so they pulled him over.
>>
>> The driver produced an insurance certificate there and then. The
>> officers were not satisfied, so they rang the insurance company. I
>> think the officer said it was "E-Sure". After a quick phone call the
>> officer said to the driver that he had missed some monthly payments
>> and that he hd been told to pay by a certain date and hadn't done so,
>> so the insurance lapsed.
>> The officer gave details of dates of missed payments and dates when
>> the driver had contacted the company, etc.
>>
>> Surely Data protection laws would prevent this ?
>
> The Police are quite entitled to ask for such information for law enforcement
> purposes such as this. It does not contravene the DPA in any way.
>
> Peter Crosland
>
> g6jns@yahoo.co.uk
Criminals such as drug dealers will never put their cash into bank
accounts. They hide their money all over the place. Put anything in
the bank or down on paper and they are screwed.
A guy in the pub won around £25,000 off I think a scratch card. A
dealer found out and offered him more money than the 25 grand for the
ticket.
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Count Baldoni
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