Ian Harm

The names and addresses of all vehicle owners in England and Wales are held and electronically stored by the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) at Swansea. This data is protected by the Data Protection Act 1998 and therefore is not information which is generally available. However, there may be occasions when obtaining the name and address of a vehicle owner from the DVLA is permissible.

The law requires the DVLA to protect the privacy of individual motorists and to ensure that personal data is used fairly and lawfully. However, whilst the vehicle register is not an open record, there are a limited range of circumstances in which data can be used properly for other purposes.

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