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Here's the third instalment in our series of bulletins to help you prepare for the new tachograph technology, courtesy of the FTA. This week we look at using company cards to keep your data safe.
Company cards do not primarily hold data, but act as an electronic key to control access to the data from the digital tachograph unit. To prevent unauthorised access to your data, you must apply for a company card and use it to 'lock in' your data before you start drying a vehicle fitted with digial equipment.
VU data locked in by a company card will only be able to be downloaded by company cards bearing the same card number as the 'locking card.
If you have more than one depot and want all of them to be able to download from any of your vehicles, you should apply for multiple company cards on one application form, 0779B (call DVLA on 0870 850 1074), Up to 2,232 cards can be requested on one application and these cards will have the same card numbers (the first 13 digits of item 5(b) on the card) but different issue numbers (the last 3 digits of the same item) so you will be able to tell them apart.
Separate new applications, even if the company details are identical, will result in different card numbers being issued. These different cards will not be able to access each other's protected data.