> This doesn't have that much to do with how a certain name is displayed anywhere. Indeed it doesn't, so no thanks to you for muddling the issue by mixing that

> This doesn't have that much to do with how a certain name is displayed anywhere. Indeed it doesn't, so no thanks to you for muddling the issue by mixing that in. > Can I get an airline to change their systems if they abbreviated my name on my boarding ticket? Well, since they're the ones insisting that it look exactly like on your ID, if it looks different because they mangled it and then they don't let you board because of their own cock-up, then I'd imagine even you would be slightly miffed...? So yes, you should be able to expect them to fix their systems so that doesn't happen, shouldn't you? > The airline could say "well we have the proper name in this database over here". And so could the bank. No they can't, because they don't: The point here was that this wasn't just some printing or other display function, but how the name was stored; as far as this bank was concerned, this customer's name was something it actually wasn't. How one can claim this isn't in contravention of a law that states personally identifying data stored about people should be correct is frankly incomprehensible; our names are among the most personal things about us and our main identifyer. All in all, your whole screed comes off as yet another piece of typical reflexive-but-unreflected pro-corporate (usually American) Libertarian dri^H^H^H propaganda.