To quote the letter with my company name and the 3rd parties on the letterhead.
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Originally Posted by Mandate cover letter
Under current legislation and recent guidelines by the Health and Safety Executive, every employer has an obligation to ensure that they only allow holders of valid driving licence to drive on their behalf or with their permission. This includes both company and private vehicles.
The task of periodically checking those driving licences is both time consuming and labour intensive, which is why ******* have given ******* ***** the job of managing the process for them
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I have been to the 3rd parties web site. They state that the comply with data protection act, that they vet their staff and that they don't store personal details on their web servers.
Very good. But who audits their compliance with data protection law, what do they actually store on what computers, in this age of networked multi tiered architecture. "Not stored on web servers" is meaningless if there is any form of connectivity to back end data bases. Again how do they audit/manage access to their systems etc. And finally how do I know who in their organisation has asked the DVLA about my licence, when, why, and what information was returned. etc.
I think my employers jumped on a marketing hype and contracted this service without adequate thought.