Can a school give your email address to the police?

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Have been in discussions with the Business Manager of the local school about their staff parking outside our houses, which means residents with small children and the elderly can’t even park in the road.
I’ve never told anyone they can’t park there, but have asked staff to be considerate and to not park one car in a gap for two cars etc. Never been rude, but they have smirked, ignored me or rolled their eyes.

Discussions been going on for a few weeks, she said to let her know when staff parked there and I did. She’d apologise and tell them to move.
Got to the point where it clearly wasn’t working, and I said if I couldn’t park when I got home from nursery/work I would park across their car park entrance so they felt some frustrations like I did.
She said she’d call the police if that happens, I said fine.

Just had a knock on the door and it’s the police, said it’s about the ‘parking situation’ and I said I was feeding my son and couldn’t talk. She asked when I could, I said I didn’t know. She said ‘I have your email so will email you and get a time’. She must have been given this by the school.

Can they do that? With GDPR etc?

Yes. Traffic offences such as causing an obstruction by parking across their car park entrance are criminal offences. There are broad exemptions from GDPR when processing data for the prevention or detection of crime. You threatened to commit a crime so the school were entitled to pass your details to the police.

Yes, if Police ask for it, they have to.

In a word yes.

The police were probably also there to try and resolve the problem to everyone's benefit, so it might actually be in your interests to speak with them.

You threatened to block access to a school because staff are legally parking in your street?

Bloody hell

it's frustrating but if there isn't permit parking the teachers can park where they like. OTOH if you block access to the school, you are breaking the law.

Did you make the threat by email?

It's difficult but unless it's residents only parking I don't think that they can be stopped? Our very narrow main street in the village is besieged with people parking and blocking!

You cannot park across the school entrance to protest legally parked staff members

Were they blocking your driveway or just taking a space outside your home where there are no parking restrictions? Yabu if the later is the case. Yes I would assume they could give your email address in the same way that they obviously gave them your address.

You made a threat, so she's called the police.

Fwiw I can see why you did, and I think the staff have behaved absolutely appallingly, but she has contacted the police about your behaviour, so has given them your contact details.

Are they blocking your driveway? That must be infuriating. As others have said the school can give your e mail address to the police. Probably best to speak to the officer and try to resolve the situation.

I don't think they're blocking the OP's driveway - she has just said that because they park on the road, there's no space for residents. Which I get is frustrating (I live somewhere similar) but you can't tell people to stop parking legally.

I haven’t told them to not park there, if I’ve seen anyone I know is from the school I ask them to park with more consideration to the residents. So if someone parks over a space two cars can get in, I ask them to move the car up so there is space for another car. Never have I told them to not park there.
I have even given the school a road name that is a 1 min walk from the school, and suggested they could park there as there are no houses and no restrictions.

The school also TOLD me to email them when it happened, said they would then ask the staff to move their cars, which is what I have been doing. At no point has she said to stop emailing her. And then this.

The school car park is only for staff, which is why I said I would park across it so they could experience my frustrations and think before they park as they do.
I’ve not done it so haven’t committed an offence, which is why I asked if they can give the police my personal data without my authorization?

The police might not want to accuse you of anything, just talk about the situation and try and resolve it. You’ve reached an impasse with the school so no point them trying to reason with you any more.

If they aren’t parked in your road illegally then whether they take up 1, 2 or 3 spaces is neither here nor there.

Yes, you have to give the police any information they ask for.

The health & safety implications of blocking access to a school car park is huge. I used to hire a primary school to run weekend drama classes and one day a football parent (school also hired their playing fields) blocked the entrance. The headteacher was VERY cross because in an emergency if the emergency services had to be called eg for an allergic child or asthma attack or a fire, then it would severely delay help getting there.

You made a threat, she contacted the police.

In the nicest possible way OP, I really think you need to take a step back and calm down. I get why you're angry, but sending the police away and getting angry about the GDPR thing really isn't helping you.

Yes - it's the police! If they asked for your contact details after you threatened to commit a crime they have to provide them.

You most certainly do not have to give the police any information they ask for! They have to demonstrate a reasonable need for the information.

I’d say this was a reasonable need.

When people report crimea and they know who did it they are passing on personal details. Think crime stoppers.

Law Enforcement Directive is the legislation you are looking for.

I sympathise with your problem op but think you need to get over it or move. You can't control who parks legally outside your home. I sit on the other side of the problem as I park my car on a residential street near the Station as the station car park is full and I get all sorts of abuse for parking in front of non dropped kerb driveways, parking too close to a dropped kerb, parking where two cars could park etc etc
I try but I can't make them all happy, I need to draw a map of what I may or may not do

Reasonable need would include a threat to prevent staff leaving their workplace.

It's escalated, and the school obviously felt the need to involve the police to prevent further escalation.

I'm not saying I agree with it.

If you threaten to commit a crime the potential victim has a right to report and provide as much info as they have surely? I don't think this would be covered by gdpr but am no expert.

You want the parking situation resolved, police are now involved and can help you with the legality of what you can and can't do? Why send them away and start going on about gdpr?

Because you know you have been unreasonable already. Time to put your big girl pants on and speak to the nice police lady, apologise and tell her you have no plans to block a school exit. Ask her if there is anything you can do about the parking. If there isn't accept it's part and parcel of living in a built up area next to a school.

Why were you obstructive when asked when you could talk? ‘I don’t know’ is rather unhelpful.

Got to the point where it clearly wasn’t working, and I said if I couldn’t park when I got home from nursery/work I would park across their car park entrance so they felt some frustrations like I did.

You cannot stop people parking on a public road. If you want parking directly outside your house you need a house with private parking or you just have to suck it up. If you have any disabled neighbours you can advise them to apply for a disabled space outside their house.

I'm interested how many times you've complained about this in the last few weeks? Did they contact the police as a let resort as you're constantly calling or emailing?