"This issue has nothing to do with disputing the fine, it's about the privacy issues involved when you have a private company somehow accessing names and addresses from a registration number," Mr Simm said.

"I've been totally unable to get any kind of satisfactory answer to my question of how Care Park actually gets these personal details."

Mr Simm said he had initially been told by Care Park to contact Service Tasmania, and then Tasmania Police.

"Both of the them told me there was no way the information had come from them," he said.

"The next time I rang Care Park, they just hung up on me."

Care Park refused to make any comment in relation to its assimilation of personal details when contacted at its Launceston office yesterday morning, instead saying to talk to the company's lawyers.

Parke Lawyers principal Jim Parke later contacted The Examiner to discuss the concerns put forward by Mr Simm.

"We live in an information age, and identifying where a person lives is hardly difficult," Mr Parke said.

"Care Park engages Parke Lawyers and a number of other law firms to represent it, and to ensure at all times strict compliance with the law, including the Privacy Act."

Mr Parke said motorists who "did the right thing" and paid for their parking would never receive a notice from his clients.

"Care Park thoroughly respects a motorist's desire for privacy," Mr Parke said.

Mr Parke said that Service Tasmania was only able to confirm the name of a registered vehicle's owner, and did not provide the company with personal details.

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