Disclosure Log

Freedom of Information request - FOI: Council Car Park QR Code Scams (FOI/5667)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 04 April 2025

Dear ***** *****                                                       

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00005667

Thank you for your email of 3rd April 2025 where you requested information about Council Car Park QR Code Scams. The response to your request is provided below.

In your request you asked:

- How many reports have been made about fake/scam QR Codes at council-owned or council-operated car parks in the past 12 months

0- Nottinghamshire County Council do not have any council-owned or council-operated car parks.

- The names of the council-owned or council-operated car parks which have been affected.

Not applicable

- Please also provide copies of the 5 most recent reports related to QR scams at council-owned or council-operated car parks (or fewer if there are less than 5). I understand these may be redacted for personal information, but I ask that you redact only exempted information and justify the use of those exemptions. I also kindly remind you that the time taken for redactions does not usually contribute towards the cost cap under FOI.

Not applicable

Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.  Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications. 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.

Yours sincerely

The Complaints and Information Team
Nottinghamshire County Council