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I wonder if there are any limits on this from the GDPR perspective? What if my name has 2^40 characters in it? Are companies required to support that? What if I
by mindcrime 5y ago
I wonder if there are any limits on this from the GDPR perspective? What if my name has 2^40 characters in it? Are companies required to support that? What if I change my name from whatever it is today (say, "Phillip") to a name that has 2^40 characters? Would the bank be required to accommodate that? etc..
- PeterisP 5y agoIn civil law countries (after Brexit, 100% of EU is civil law) generally you can't change your name at will or by simply starting to use it, it usually requires asserting one of specific reasons that (in the eyes of the law) justify a name change, a request to authorities and their approval - which would be denied if you wanted to change your name to something that has 2^40 characters. If you did officially change your name to something interesting, I presume the bank would definitely have to accommodate it; but the restrictive part would be the process of actually changing your name.
- samus 5y agoThe GDPR contains language that makes its provisions relative to the current techical state of the art. A bank can clearly not be expected to store all the 2^40 bytes of a person's name :)