It's called "pay-or-okay" and there hasn't been many decisions on it yet which has led noyb to sue German DPAs: https://noyb.eu/en/years-inactivity-pay-or-ok-ca

It's called "pay-or-okay" and there hasn't been many decisions on it yet which has led noyb to sue German DPAs: https://noyb.eu/en/years-inactivity-pay-or-ok-cases-noyb-sues-german-dpas https://noyb.eu/en/years-inactivity-pay-or-ok-cases-noyb-sue... There is one case where DPA ruled in favor of the company, but it's currently being appealed: https://noyb.eu/en/pay-or-ok-der-spiegel-noyb-sues-hamburg-dpa https://noyb.eu/en/pay-or-ok-der-spiegel-noyb-sues-hamburg-d... Another one ruled against company and court agreed: https://noyb.eu/en/court-decides-pay-or-okay-derstandardat-illegal https://noyb.eu/en/court-decides-pay-or-okay-derstandardat-i...