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I see a lot of mentions of GDPR in the comments, but the fact is that the sensitivity of personal information is an older mindset(not only a law) in Germany. I

I see a lot of mentions of GDPR in the comments, but the fact is that the sensitivity of personal information is an older mindset(not only a law) in Germany. It is called "Datenschutz", and you see people proactively adhering to it, needed some time as a foreigner to get used to how rigorously they apply it, but when I got used to it, felt "safer" knowing whoever handles my data, knows how sensitive it is. See https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datenschutz https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datenschutz for more information about the history.

pacamara619 6y ago
A newer term being heard more often is "Datensparsamkeit". Id est only saving the absolutely necessary amount of data such that extensive surveillance and data abuse isn't possible.
- tleb_ 6y ago
  This seems to refer to the concept of "data minimisation", that can be seen as an important concept in the GDPR. See article 5 § 1.c https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679&from=FR#d1e1807-1-1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL...