Professional Parking Management Privacy Claims Investigation

May 16

Active Investigation Driver Privacy (DPPA) Florida Only Updated May 2026

Got a Parking Ticket in the Mail From Professional Parking Management?

Dapeer Law is investigating whether Professional Parking Management, LLC (PPM) violated the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act by pulling Florida drivers’ names and home addresses from DMV records to mail out parking notices and collection demands. If you received a ticket or invoice in the mail from PPM in Florida, you may be entitled to statutory damages of up to $2,500 per violation, plus attorneys’ fees, through individual arbitration.

Potential recovery

$2,500+

Per violation, federal statutory damages

Cost to you

No fee unless we recover

Who qualifies

Florida

Ticket mailed to your FL address

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Do you qualify?

You may have a claim if ALL of the following apply:

You received a parking notice, “violation”, invoice, or collection letter in the mail from Professional Parking Management (PPM) or its collections vendor.
The ticket relates to a vehicle registered in Florida, and the notice was mailed to your Florida address.
You did not give PPM your name or address directly (for example, you never registered with PPM and never typed your info into a kiosk or app).
The ticket was issued within the last 4 years (the federal statute of limitations).

Not sure? It’s usually a yes if a paper ticket showed up in your mailbox days or weeks after you parked, with your name and home address pre-printed on it. Send us a photo and we’ll tell you for free.

What we’re investigating

Professional Parking Management (PPM) is a private parking enforcement company that polices lots and garages for property owners. When PPM cites a vehicle, the company doesn’t put a ticket on the windshield in the traditional sense and then walk away. Instead, in many cases the only contact a driver has with PPM is a letter that arrives in the mail days or weeks later, addressed personally to the registered owner, demanding payment of a “parking violation” fee.

The question Dapeer Law is investigating is how PPM got that name and home address. Drivers don’t hand over their personal information to a parking enforcer when they park. The most likely answer is that PPM (or a vendor working on its behalf) ran the license plate through Florida DMV records to obtain the registered owner’s identity, then used that information to send a collection demand.

The federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2721–2725) makes that conduct illegal unless the company had a narrow “permissible purpose” on the statute’s list. Mailing a parking ticket to drum up payment on a private parking dispute is not one of those permissible purposes, and the U.S. Supreme Court has confirmed (in Maracich v. Spears) that companies cannot stretch DPPA exceptions to cover what amounts to solicitation or debt collection on a private claim.

If a court or arbitrator agrees, every Florida driver who received a mailed PPM ticket may be entitled to statutory damages of at least $2,500 per violation, plus attorneys’ fees and costs, under the DPPA’s civil remedies provision.

DPPA 18 U.S.C. § 2724 DMV record misuse Private parking enforcement Florida drivers

How your case may proceed

Like many consumer-facing companies, PPM’s notices and online payment portal include fine-print terms that may require disputes to be resolved through individual arbitration rather than in court. Whether arbitration is required in your case depends on the specific terms PPM had in place when you received your notice and how those terms apply to a DPPA claim.

Where arbitration is required, Dapeer Law is prepared to bring an individual arbitration demand on your behalf in the forum named in PPM’s own terms. Because the DPPA sets a statutory floor of $2,500 per violation and shifts attorneys’ fees to the defendant on a successful claim, individual handling can be a workable forum for these claims, even though each driver’s case proceeds on its own facts.

Your case is handled individually. If you qualify, we represent you on your facts. Your case is not pooled with anyone else’s and your recovery is not divided.

How to join the investigation

1

Tell us about your ticket

Fill out our short, secure intake form. We’ll ask for the date of the ticket, the lot, and a photo of the notice if you still have it. Takes about two minutes.
2

Free review by a Dapeer Law attorney

An attorney reviews your facts at no cost. If we don’t think you have a viable DPPA claim, we’ll tell you so, in writing, and you owe us nothing.
3

We file your arbitration

If you’re a fit, we sign a contingency-fee agreement (no out-of-pocket cost) and file an individual arbitration demand on your behalf with the forum named in PPM’s own terms.
4

Resolution

We work the case to settlement or award. If we recover for you, our fee comes out of the recovery and is shifted to PPM where the statute allows. If we don’t recover, you owe us nothing.

A few important facts

The 4-year clock is running. DPPA claims have a four-year federal statute of limitations. The older your ticket, the more important it is to get the intake started now.
Paying the ticket does not waive your rights. Plenty of drivers pay these notices to avoid hassle or collections, then learn later that they could have had a claim. Paying does not eliminate the DPPA violation that already happened when PPM pulled your DMV record.
This is separate from the parking ticket itself. A DPPA claim is not a defense to the ticket. It’s a separate federal privacy claim against PPM for how the company obtained your information.
Multiple tickets, potentially multiple violations. If PPM pulled your record on more than one occasion, each lookup may be a separate violation with its own statutory floor.

Frequently asked questions

Is the parking ticket I got in the mail from Professional Parking Management even legitimate?

PPM is a real company, and the notices are real notices, but they are not municipal parking tickets. They are private demands for payment on what PPM claims is a breach of the lot’s posted rules. They are not issued by the police, they cannot put points on your license, and PPM has no power to tow your car after the fact. Whether you owe PPM money is a contract question. The separate question this investigation is about is how PPM obtained your name and home address to mail the notice in the first place.

What is the DPPA and why does it apply here?

The Driver’s Privacy Protection Act is a federal law Congress passed after a stalker used DMV records to track down an actress and murder her. It restricts who can obtain personal information from state DMVs and what they can do with it. The statute is at 18 U.S.C. §§ 2721–2725. It contains a short list of “permissible purposes” (things like law enforcement, insurance, court process, and certain narrow research uses). Sending parking notices to demand payment on a private parking dispute is not on the list, and the U.S. Supreme Court in Maracich v. Spears made clear that the exceptions cannot be stretched to cover solicitation or debt collection. When a private parking company runs a plate to find a driver’s home address, then uses that information to mail a payment demand, that is the exact scenario the DPPA was written to prevent.

How much could I recover?

The DPPA sets a floor of $2,500 per violation in “liquidated damages”. That is a statutory minimum that doesn’t require you to prove you lost money. An arbitrator can award more if your actual damages are higher or if punitive damages are warranted, and the statute also allows recovery of attorneys’ fees and litigation costs. We don’t promise any particular outcome, and arbitration awards depend on the facts of each case.

Do I have to pay anything to participate?

No. The case review is free and the representation is on contingency. That means we are paid only if we recover for you, out of the recovery itself, and where the DPPA allows, our fees are shifted to PPM. If we don’t recover, you owe us nothing.

I already paid the ticket. Can I still file?

In most cases, yes. Paying the parking notice does not retroactively give PPM permission to obtain your DMV information. The DPPA violation, if there was one, happened the moment your record was pulled for a non-permitted purpose.

I’ve already thrown away the ticket. Can I still file?

Yes. The ticket is helpful evidence, but it isn’t required to start. We can confirm a mailing through your records, your bank statement if you paid online, or PPM’s own files in discovery. Send us what you have and we’ll work with it.

How will my case be handled?

Dapeer Law represents drivers individually on these claims. Depending on the specific notice you received and the terms PPM had in place at the time, your case may be required to proceed in individual arbitration rather than in court. Either way, your case is handled on its own facts and your recovery is not pooled with other claimants. Because the DPPA pays a statutory floor and shifts attorneys’ fees on a successful claim, individual handling is a workable approach for this kind of matter.

Is there a deadline?

Yes. DPPA claims must generally be filed within four years of the date the violation occurred. The sooner you reach out, the more of your tickets are likely to be within that window.

What information will Dapeer Law need from me?

To get started we usually need: a copy or photo of the notice (if you still have it), the approximate date you parked, the lot or address, the license plate or vehicle registered to you at the time, and your current contact information. None of this is shared with PPM until you sign a representation agreement and authorize us to file on your behalf.

Who is Dapeer Law?

Dapeer Law, P.A. is a consumer-protection law firm based in South Florida. We focus on consumer privacy, debt collection abuse, and class and mass arbitration matters under federal and Florida statutes. You can read more about us on the contact page.

Dapeer Law, P.A.

Consumer protection and privacy attorneys based in South Florida. Cases handled on contingency, no fee unless we recover.

The information on this page is provided by Dapeer Law, P.A. for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Submitting an inquiry through this page does not create an attorney-client relationship; that relationship is created only upon execution of a written representation agreement. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome in any future matter, and no recovery is guaranteed. References to Professional Parking Management, LLC reflect the subject of Dapeer Law’s ongoing investigation; allegations of unlawful conduct are claims under investigation only and have not been adjudicated. Dapeer Law, P.A. is a Florida law firm and accepts representation in matters where it is licensed to practice. This page may be considered attorney advertising.

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