V888 RIP

[KevinR]

This is an extract from the latest FBHVC newsletter written by Ian Edmunds -

 

“Several people have drawn my attention to an unfortunate revision to the DVLA service to supply information about a vehicle in  response to a V888 request.  Up until September it was possible for a vehicle keeper to obtain all the registration history that DVLA held for that vehicle on payment of a small fee.  DVLA considered that researching the vehicles history was ‘reasonable cause’ for needing the information.

 

However, since September DVLA have revised the requirements for ‘reasonable cause’ and researching the vehicle history is no longer acceptable.  The V888 form itself has been revised to reflect these changes.  Further guidance on ‘reasonable cause’ can be found at www.gov.uk/request-information-from-dvla   We will discuss this further with DVLA but we believe that the General Data Protection Regulation does unfortunately leave them with no choice.  Thus, we have all lost a valuable service.”

 

[thescrapman]

Perhaps you need to ask for the info as the car is illegally parked on your property, they always seem to be more than willing to release data in that case.

[Anglefire]

Yeah, but they would only give you relevant information of the current owner - and not the history.

 

[Sue Franklin]

Huge shame - it has been such a useful tool in the past for a very reasonable fee.  However changes in Data Protection in the New Year will throw up all sorts of challenges.