Report a parking offence? Are photos allowed at all?

Is it permitted to photograph incorrectly parked vehicles and forward these photos to the police as part of a report? The Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (LDA) said "no" and issued warnings. The Ansbach Administrative Court has now disagreed and did not consider the photos to be an offence against data protection.

The case was brought by two men from Munich who had been reporting parking offences on footpaths and cycle paths for years. The judgement could also give a boost to the "Wegeheld" app and the weg.li website, which can be used to report parking offences.

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Parking offence notices 2022*

• Illegal parking on a pavement: 159.542
• Parking in a no-parking zone: 60.199
• Illegal parking at intersection/junction: 42.402
• Parking on a cycle path: 29.655
• Parking on a footpath and cycle path: 19.902

Recorded via Wegeheld app or weg.li