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  • initialism UK the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre; the home of the DVLA

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Examples

  • But even as we speak, I fear some unelected snooping jobsworth at the DVLC is checking to see whether that Austin has ever been declared SORN ....

    Licensed to Thrill Peter Ashley 2008

  • My details and more are already with the NHS, HMRC, DVLC, my credit card providers, my bank and others.

    Letters: No logo for Labour 2011

  • It was taxed and insured, according to the Barnsley Police when I rang them, therefore the DVLC knew it was mine no longer - so the Polis, as we call 'em up here, must be using a different database.

    The stupidest idea in British policing? 2009

  • They already had pictures of his car taken by ANPR cameras, matched by DVLC and TfL, they knew that he had been in London for 2 days, because they had his credit card statements and had seen his Hotel bill and Congestion Charge payments.

    Archive 2008-05-01 The English Libertarian 2008

  • They already had pictures of his car taken by ANPR cameras, matched by DVLC and TfL, they knew that he had been in London for 2 days, because they had his credit card statements and had seen his Hotel bill and Congestion Charge payments.

    Is Hazel Blears creating Britain's Stasi IanPJ 2008

  • Right after the ministerial statement on Kieron Poynter's interim report on the HMRC data Chernobyl, it got out that there was another major data leak, this time from the DVLC via Pearson Driving Assessments in Iowa! on learner drivers.

    Archive 2007-12-16 2007

  • If the car was tagged to Ben and someone used the Police National Computer to check the car then Ben would immediately be informed by DVLC in Swansea who would be able to identify when the car was checked and by whom.

    Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover Corbet, David 2002

  • Ben had been alerted by DVLC and had decided to approach the officer concerned and ask why my vehicle had been checked.

    Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover Corbet, David 2002

  • Perhaps the DVLA's is more concerned with avoiding the trouble they got over hottest topics of 2010 combined with the ubiquitous use of camera phones, it is clear that technology and the opportunities that it brings are moving at a faster pace than the 'public opinion' (read Daily Mail Opinion) that the DVLC is clearly running scared of.

    Planet TW 2010

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