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News Data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published guidelines outlining how motorists' personal data can be used by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). The ICO guide attempts to explain the circumstances...
[04 Sep 2007]
News However, silicon.com has also learned that technology is being trialled to use the 'black box' GPS satellite tracking facility and link that data to a DVLA database of drivers' home addresses. Government scientists in the UK are working on a scheme...
[01 Apr 2007]
News An ongoing investigation into email use at the DVLA led to 65 people facing disciplinary action. Around 100 police officers and staff in Hertfordshire have been reprimanded for emailing pictures of a US man falling on railings and being decapitated.
[29 Nov 2006]
News An ongoing investigation into the distribution of pornographic content in emails at the DVLA has led to a further 65 staff facing disciplinary action. The investigation centres on the DVLA's Swansea base, where the 65 staff have been charged with...
[31 Oct 2006]
whitepaper The DVLA manages and maintains records on over 70 million vehicles and drivers. While most of the 91 million forms and 50 million transactions processed each year by DVLA can be handled quickly, exceptions do occur when something falls outside the...
[21 Sep 2006]
News New rules have been introduced to clamp down on the misuse of personal information resulting from the sale of motorist details from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (DVLA) vehicle database to private sector companies.
[25 Jul 2006]
News The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has dismissed 14 members of staff at the licensing centre in Swansea for distributing pornographic email attachments to people outside the centre. The DVLA confirmed the dismissals to silicon.com...
[22 Jun 2006]
News The vans will be equipped with automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras that will scan car number plates and check them against the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (DVLA) database of untaxed vehicles.
[20 Jun 2006]
News The government is considering restricting the number of private sector companies and individuals that are allowed access to motorists' details from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (DVLA) vehicle database.
[16 Jun 2006]
News The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has revealed that it made more than £6m last year selling access to the names and addresses of motorists to private sector companies such as wheel clamper, bailiffs and debt collection agencies.
[14 Jun 2006]
News The system can also be accessed by Vosa staff and there is a direct feed to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) database. The MOT computerisation project is the final part of the electronic vehicle licensing initiative that can confirm a...
[07 Apr 2006]
Photo The vehicle is then registered for a test by entering the registration mark and chassis number to match the DVLA record, which will provide the tester with all the information relevant for the vehicle being tested.
[07 Apr 2006]
News The DVLA told silicon.com: "It will be possible to check more records with more information as well as making it harder to breach the drivers' hours rules. Since July 2005 the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has issued 17,513 driver cards.
[30 Mar 2006]
News The DVLA has started preparing for the possible production of driving licences with microchips on them. At the same time, the DVLA is upgrading its driving licence card production facility to address the increasing threat to the driving licence...
[13 Mar 2006]
News For example the driving licence enquiry system provides an online check, removing the need to make a postal or phone request to the DVLA. The number of transactions taking place on the Police National Computer (PNC) reached a record 10,870,276 last...
[09 Feb 2006]
News A £15m pilot of the technology is currently underway although the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has been criticised in the past for providing the police with large numbers of incorrect records and data.
[18 Jan 2006]
News The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (DVLA) online tax disc service has been extended nationally but will not be fully available until the end of March because of delays to the computerised MOT database project.
[10 Jan 2006]
whitepaper While most of the 91 million forms and 50 million transactions processed each year by the DVLA can be handled quickly, exceptions do occur when something falls outside the normal process framework. DLVA is an executive agency of the U.K.
[08 Nov 2005]
Case Study This lets the DVLA know whether the candidate has passed the test or not. The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is trialing digital pen technology which is saving time for test examiners and getting licenses issued faster.
[03 Nov 2005]
News The ANPR technology cross-references various databases including the Police National Computer, local intelligence systems and DVLA systems and alerts traffic police to what are classed as "vehicles of interest" that need to be stopped for further...
[27 Oct 2005]
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