Police .. 19 Century or 21st Century ?

[Eklassxx]

I stupidly got caught on camera doing 45mph on a road with a 40mph speed limit. I received a penalty notice from the police giving two options opt1) pay £100 and accept 3 point on my license or opt2) dispute the penalty notice in court. As I know I was speeding I take full responsibility and decided to pay the fine and accept the points. To receive the 3 points I had to send my drivers license (photo-card) to a given address. This all made sense but as I read the form I was to submit with my license, I noticed a statement which said my license would be returned to me by send class post and that the police accept no liability if I don’t receive it. I was very concerned by this statement especially coming from an organisation whose purpose is to protect the public. The drivers license, often used a form of Id, holds sensitive information. In an age where new legislation such as GDPR, PIA etc has been introduced to protect personal information I was very surprised that the police of all people could take this position.
I am keen you hear other people’s thoughts on this. Am I being overly critical ?!
Note I am not having a go at the police force because I believe they do the best they can with the resources available. However I think there is an urgent need to modernise.

There was a typo in the above. It should say "2nd class post" not "Send class post"

Whoa, that sounds fishy! Are you 100% positive that it an authentic notice? Could be a scam...can you take it round to a police station and ask them to have a look or at least make sure the address is the correct place to post your license to...The scam artists these days are so, so clever and even very intelligent people can be tricked into giving out their information. I live in the US and this sounds like a scam to me, but in your country it may be how things are properly done. Good luck! Forgot to add this about how clever the thieves are now. In my town people weren't used to locking their car doors at night. That is until they realized that someone had been going through their glove box and stealing all kinds of personal info about them...the bad guys were so clever...they weren't even stealing the actual registration papers and car insurance cards, but just PHOTOGRAPHING it, so the victims didn't report it to the police. The thieves then sell this info and it is pieced together for ID theft
Please excuse typos

Would you rather they wasted time and money sending your license back by recorded delivery?

When you first receive your license it's sent via post.

Who's going to steal your license for their own benefit? It's got your picture.

They're just making you aware if it gets lost you'll have to pay the £25 to replace it.

@GiveHerHellFromUs there are a number of options the police could opt for eg allowing people to provide a stamped address envelope so if I want it return by recorded delivery I can. Likewise they could send it back by first class so it spends less time in the postal system. And yes they could send it back via courier/recorded delivery using the money from the fine of £100 they collected etc etc etc. And I wouldn't call it wasting their time because they would be protecting people from fraud and potentially saving the time associated with logging and investigating fraud cases which could have been prevented

Do you seriously think because your drivers license has a picture on it fraudsters can not make use of the license or the details on the license ? I hope that is not what you think otherwise I advise you educate yourself. Last year the DVLA ran a campaign to educate people on the dangers of sharing their licence details online.
Finally just because licenses were thought ok to be issued via mail in the past does not mean it is still ok in mordern times.

My passport came by normal post, no signature required.