Privacy Notice

Parking Collection Services is a trading style of Debt Recovery Plus Limited.
The purpose of us processing your personal data is to recover a parking charge for non-compliance of the terms and conditions of the car park, on behalf of our client the parking operator.

We are the joint data controller along with the parking operator details of which will be on the original parking charge you received. This notice explains how we comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Legislation. You can find our client’s details as well as directions on how to view their Privacy Notice detailing how they have processed your data on the original parking charge you received. 

Our registered address is: 78 York Street, London, W1H 1DP
Contact number: 0208 528 4122
HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Sources: We receive personal data about you from third parties;

  • Our client who is the owner of the parking charge and who choose to use the service we offer
  • We receive data from the DVLA
  • We may also obtain information from external credit reference agencies
  • In addition, we may also collect information from you or anyone who you give us authorisation to speak with (an appointed representative)
  • Through the use of our website
  • From communications between us such as within telephone calls, letters, emails, via automated payment website and telephone payment line

Categories of personal data:  The personal data that we collect and receive from third parties, from yourself and your appointed representatives may include any or all of the following: your name, address, vehicle registration number, email address, phone number, parking charge details (the date, time, location, contravention details and outstanding charge amount), photographic evidence, POPLA or IAS results, your comments from calls or correspondence you have provided to us, previous PCN number where the charge in question is a reissue.
Please note we may combine personal data we receive from other sources with personal data you give to us and personal data we collect about you.
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The lawful bases for processing your personal data is that it is necessary for the legitimate interests of our client, to recover the outstanding parking charge.
All data Debt Recovery Plus Limited receive is processed in accordance with this privacy notice.  
We will use personal data held about you in the following ways;

  • For debt collection purposes and to provide services to our client including to manage your account;
  • To ensure that we are able to agree payment plans that are appropriate to your individual circumstances;
  • To carry out our obligations arising from our client, The Parking Company, who wish to use the service we offer in line with the terms and conditions of any original parking charge.

We may also obtain information from Credit References Agencies to help locate you and to check/update your contact details.
WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH
We may share your data with the following;

  • The Payment Processor for processing any online payments
  • The Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
  • The Parking On Private Land Appeals (POPLA) Service or the Independent Appeals Service (IAS) for the purpose of assessing any appeals
  • The BPA, IPC and ICO for the purpose of complaint investigation and resolution
  • Print and mail service providers for the purpose of contacting you by post
  • Email service providers for the purpose of responding to you once you have consented by email
  • Credit reference agents for the purpose of ensuring we are writing to you at your most recent correspondence address
  • If you have not replied to other correspondence, solicitors for the purpose of enforcing a parking contract or responding to a legal query
  • Any other duly authorised sub-contractors

We do not send any data outside of the EU.
STORAGE AND SECURITY 
We will not retain your information for longer than is necessary for the purposes outlined in this privacy notice and for up to 6 years in order to protect our position in the event of any legal disputes. This may be extended if disputes are ongoing.  
All information that you provide to us is stored on secure servers. In addition, we seek to protect the privacy of your information at all times when you visit our website. If you choose to send personal information to us (i.e. by clicking a Confirm/Send button) the information you supply will be sent and processed in a secure manner.
Your personal information will not be communicated to non-connected third parties (i.e. marketing or advertising companies), except where there is a direct link from this site to an external website and you choose to supply your information independently on those sites. Please observe the privacy notice and terms and conditions of external sites you may be directed to from this site. Remain vigilant when using your personal details on the internet.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA 
You may voluntarily give such personal data to us via telephone calls, letters or emails. This may involve collecting and using sensitive personal data.  We will only use this personal data for debt collection purposes and would only share such sensitive personal data with those other members of Debt Recovery Plus Limited and our clients who need to be aware of such information for debt collection purposes only. 
CREDIT REFERENCE AGENCIES 
We may obtain personal data about you from the CRAs for debt collection purposes and to verify your identity and to locate you.
ACCESS TO PERSONAL DATA AND COMPLAINTS
Under data protection law, you have the following rights in respect of the information we hold about you:
Access
You are entitled to access the information which we hold about you. Please make any requests in writing, addressed to: The Data Protection Officer, Debt Recovery Plus Limited, PO Box 411, Dukinfield, SK14 9DD.  In order to protect your information, we request that you provide evidence of your identity such as a photocopy (please do not send us the original) of your current passport or driving licence. 
Rectify
If you do not think that the information we hold about you is correct, or you think that we do not have all the information which we should have about you, you can request that we rectify this information. 
Restrict 
You can ask that we restrict the way that your data is used. This means that we will store your data securely, but it will not be processed anymore. 
Object
If you object to the way that we are processing your data, you can contact us to tell us why you think we should stop processing it.  
Erase
Once we have finished processing your data you can request that we erase the data which we hold about you. 
Respond
Once we have received your request for us to do any of the above, we will contact you within one calendar month either to confirm that we have carried out your request or why we have not. In some cases we will not have to process your request, or will not be able to. We will still contact you within 30 days to explain to you why this is the case.
Complain 
If you wish to raise a complaint about how your data has been handled please email [email protected].
If you are not satisfied with our resolution of your concern then please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office on 0303 123 1113
OTHER WEBSITES 
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or your use of those websites.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY NOTICE
We keep our privacy notice under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page.  This privacy notice was last updated on 24th May 2018.


There are several easy ways to pay your Parking Charge. When paying you'll need your Parking Charge Reference Number.

Debit/Credit card payments can be made by

calling 0208 528 4112 (Option 1)

Payment processing time - 0-3 days

Make cheque or postal order payable to Parking Collection Services and write your Parking Charge Reference Number on the back. Send your cheques with the payment slip to Parking Collection Services, P.O.Box 221, Manchester, M34 0DJ

Payment processing time - 3-7 days

Payment can be made at www.parkingcsl.co.uk (please have all your details available)

Please quote your reference number to:- Parking Collection Services, Royal Bank of Scotland, Sort code 16-00-01, account number 20973851