Same here in Germany, only recently we got the tax ID number as a global primary key to the objections of many privacy activists. Ex-Yugoslavian countries have

Same here in Germany, only recently we got the tax ID number as a global primary key to the objections of many privacy activists. Ex-Yugoslavian countries have had a global ID forever - the JMBG or, in Croatia, OIB [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_Master_Citizen_Number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_Master_Citizen_Number