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nitrotech

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#260163 13-Nov-2019 22:25
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A few years ago the amazing minds at the Rotorua Council decided to tender out parking services to a contactor – the contractor has a camera car which we’ve nicknamed the ‘iShark’. It spends the day roaming the streets and sending pictures to the parking wardens to capture the most despicable of overstayers – parking overstayers!

 

Once the iShark has seen you and the warden issued the fine, you will without your knowledge end up on iPark’s website which you might suspect is extremely secure based on the information on display – that’s what I thought when I went to dispute a ticket the other day, but alas it seems that for the last few years all of your information has been on display for all to see.

 

So how does it work:

 

You are issued a ticket, you simply go to the Rotorua Council website to dispute or pay – the only number you need to check your ticket status is the ticket number.  For some unexplained reason the license plate is optional.

 

https://www.rotorualakescouncil.nz/our-services/Do-it-online/pay-parking-infringement/Pages/default.aspx

 

On top of this iPark have chosen a sequential numbering system (+1) so if you want to check other tickets just add 1 to your own and bingo.

 

Therefore, you can check the details of all tickets on their website, see all the pictures of the car, create disputes for tickets that aren’t yours, reopen closed cases and see all the correspondence.

 

For those playing at home, in the pictures are some ticket numbers which you can check yourself however anything in the 30***** range

 

What sort of information is on display?

 

License plate number

 

Pictures of your car

 

Information about the alleged offence.

 

Payment information

 

Any correspondence you’ve had with iPark

 

The ability to pay/dispute any ticket or reopen closed cases

 

See if it’s been sent to court.

 

 

 

 

 

 

While technically a contractor website, the ticketing authority is the Rotorua Lakes Council and all tickets are issued on their behalf by their contractor.

 

Is it just me that thinks this sort of information should not be available for all to see let alone interact with?

 

 

 

 


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  #2353011 13-Nov-2019 22:39
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Did you send this off to cert.govt.nz?





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  #2353048 14-Nov-2019 07:10
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A lot of it is public information, like name and license plate. Still that's not flash.

 

 


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  #2353050 14-Nov-2019 07:38
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It is quite shocking, I entered some random numbers and found a ticket waived by an individual who had in their communication provided quotes from their medical records proving that something had happened which stopped them returning to their car.

 

If it was just rego numbers and licence expiry, it’s not a huge deal, but communication between the two parties when tickets are waived? Sadly no.




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  #2353055 14-Nov-2019 08:00
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  #2353080 14-Nov-2019 09:26
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nitrotech:

 

While technically a contractor website, the ticketing authority is the Rotorua Lakes Council and all tickets are issued on their behalf by their contractor.

 

Is it just me that thinks this sort of information should not be available for all to see let alone interact with?

 

 

The portal site also appears to be residing on AWS (presumably in Sydney)  whether this means all the private correspondence has also been shipped over there too could also be a question worth enquiring about...


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