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Just for balance (shout at me if you will), one of my friends is a local councillor and they're not all supporting squandering money on roundabouts and cycle lanes. He doesn't claim any expenses and only joined because he runs a local business (it's removals, nothing offshore or flashy) and was sick to the back teeth seeing rates going up, waste charges going up but nothing improving. Eight years in and there have been some genuine positive changes where he is based; free town centre parking reintroduced, beach huts built and sold to bring in revenue in a good way, reopening of the local public toilets and closing down of a dodgy nightclub that was beginning to cause drug issues etc. It's small stuff but it really has made a difference to his little town. Like cars dealers, you get good ones doing the job right and you get bad ones spoiling it for everyone else.

We are pleased to note that the ICO have now produced a document Legitimate Interests which confirms what we at Lawgistics have been saying for many months and that is that legitimate interest is a business friendly ground for processing data. As we have previously advised, business do not need to jump through the consent hoops and reviews to continue to market to existing customers. To reiterate, garages can continue to send MOT reminders to their customer base as long as they offer the customer the option to opt out in every email or text. Further, it is absolutely fine to take a customer’s details and call them back – no separate consent is required, the customer has called you and so is expecting a call back. The trick to staying on the right side of legitimate interest is to consider the 3 part test which in plain English requires you to consider: why do you want to process the data in question? will processing the data help you achieve your purpose and is there a less intrusive way to achieve it? would the data subject reasonably expect you to be using their data in this way? As examples: An employer may ask for next of kin details from their employee so they know who to contact in an emergency. There is no need to ask the individual next of kin for their consent to hold their personal data as it is not unreasonable for such details to be held for health and safety reasons. There is no less intrusive way to be able to contact a relative after an emergency, the impact is minimal and only the Line Manager and Directors will have the details. A car dealer has a problem customer and seeks help from Lawgistics. The car dealer is entitled to seek specialist legal advice and only provides the customer data relative to the case. It is entirely reasonable for a business to seek advice and the customer’s details are looked after by Lawgistics who are GDPR compliant meaning there is minimal risk to the customer (except that they are likely to lose their case of course!). The key is giving the matter some thought. If it can reasonably be justified, then legitimate interest is your ground of choice – much less hassle and for marketing to existing customers, more likely to keep your marketing list alive as asking for consent may well end up with a limited response. So in summary, legitimate interest is your friend but like all good friendships, it shouldn’t be abused.

If we had more councillors like your friend who operate in the real world,it would make a difference.These public sector,college lecturer type do gooders and trade union types who appear attracted to being a councillors haven’t a clue so they employ consultants on big money to cover their back.

local elections this week conservative doesnt even live here labour hate everything and everybody but lets give more of what we havent got away libs want to remain in europe i think for the first time ever im not going to vote

Find me cars if you want to, everything tidy gone thin on the ground again

Work proper hours for a start. The average council is chocked full of steady-away employees who only know one speed - dead slow. Half of public sector employees would shit themselves if they worked in the private sector - their first kick up the arse would be working hours. The last time I heard, a local council were on 37 hours p.w., nowadays too many working at home (what a load of bollocks that is) & flexi-time (more bollocks).

On a margin vehicle VAT on the fees is not recoverable and should not be invoiced plus vat, just like when you sell a margin vehicle, although vat is paid on the margin - it can not be recovered and is not itemised separately on the invoice.

***** UPDATE ***** Collected the car yesterday and all good no lights car drives perfect. £25 for ABS sensor and £30 labour. He re-calibrated the angle sensor and cleared the faults which he says you can't do if there is any ABS issues......Anyway happy customer again......You always learn something new in this game

Lost of Money They seem to go at Auction for lots of money.

Welcome to the forum. We will be hosting a session at CDX in May on GDPR and explaining what dealers need to do to ensure they comply, well worth you registering for tickets and coming along as its free and you'll be able to chat to Lawgistics directly too. In simple terms, there is still some debate on the MOT piece, if its considered a safety related communication it may be ok to send, but if its considered as marketing your services then you will need to get the customers agreement. Its likely to be viewed as the latter and to be safe you should consider contacting your customers now who have not opted in and ask them for permission to continue to contact them.