French operator SNCF has previously asked passengers to self-declare as 'Monsieur' or 'Madame'.

French operator SNCF has previously asked passengers to self-declare as ‘Monsieur’ or ‘Madame’.

The EU’s top court ruled on Thursday that requiring rail passengers to declare a gender when buying a ticket is in breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

    • Gladaed@feddit.orgEnglish
      37·
      19 hours ago

      Unironically. Excess data collection must be stopped for it threatens privacy and security.

      • mods_are_subhumans@lemmings.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Excess data collection is a natural consequences of profit-seeking, which is something the UE forced on our national train operators, which lead to a dramatic increase in price and a crumbling infrastructure

        God damn hypocrites.