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<p>The vehicle enquiry service provides general information about vehicles and not
individuals. The information included is therefore not covered by the Data Protection
Act 1998.</p><p> </p><p>The service was recently enhanced to include the taxation
class and MoT status of vehicles. This was intended to help organisations to continue
to provide the appropriate parking concessions and exemptions from certain tolls to
users of vehicles in the disabled tax class, following the abolition of the tax disc.</p><p>
</p><p>The term "disabled" describes a vehicle’s tax class and does not
refer to a living individual. Views have been expressed about the potential impact
on the privacy of individuals who may be linked with vehicles licensed in the disabled
tax class. The DVLA has removed all tax classes from the vehicle enquiry service while
these matters are being considered in discussion with the Information Commissioner’s
Office.</p>
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