Has anyone else noticed the number of organisations that seem to have access to your car's registration details nowadays? Obviously the DVLA has always had it, as have the insurance companies to be able to give you online quotes.
But now it's all over the place. Sell a car on eBay and you can enter the registration to bring in the vehicle details. There's even a Castrol site where you can enter your number to find out what kind of oil to buy.
Now, I'm guessing these companies pay for access to the data, so it's making the government money. But isn't it a bit sinister? After all your registration is the only means used to identify your vehicle for enforcement purposes, fines, etc. Shouldn't the details of what type of car belongs to which plate be rather more closely guarded? Doesn't this help the people who clone registrations to avoid congestion charges and the like? Am I being paranoid? You bet!
GOM
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