Minor Matters May/June 2021

[geoberni]

I take your points, it was a lovely perk in the past, but the fact is that DVLA are doing what they are allowed within the limits of the law.
I can see no reason why this one miniscule aspect of overall data protection legislation can be legitimately argued for an exemption; just so people can dig into the history of their car.
If the government allowed an exemption for this, then what other 'specialist interests' could try to use that as an excuse to claim exemption for their little bit of nostalgia?

These days with the amount of identify theft that occurs and the disruption that can occur whilst trying to restore your life if affected, then this minor (no pun) restriction on historic paperwork pales into insignificance.

Gone are the days when Frederick Forsyth's 'Jackal' could just wander around a graveyard, find an infant's tombstone and apply for that birth certificate to fabricate an instant fake ID.
Criminals now require a great deal more info to provide effective fake IDs hence the protection of data. Every little helps when building a fake ID.

This is worth a read for the basics of ID protection.
https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/a-z-o ... tity-theft