The EU is planning to strike a deal with the US that would let the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies search European databases to identify people posing “a threat to US security,” according to a proposal published by the European Commission at the end of July.

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    3 days ago

    Wouldn’t you already have that for when anyone changes their name?

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      Only under special circumstances are they allowed to access this information. There is not one big database for every federal agency to browse through willy nilly.

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      2 days ago

      You can’t really change your name in germany just like that. The only other reason to do so that I know of is getting married and then it’s just the last name.

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          2 days ago

          Sigh… you might wanna read the whole comment chain. The last comment was about changing your name outside of being trans.

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            2 days ago

            The previous commenter was not asking about anything but trans though. And it doesn’t really matter anyways because you can change your name for other reasons as well.

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              2 days ago

              No, they were asking for “anyone who changes their name”. And yes there are a few specific reasons when you are able to change your name but not, like I said, just like that.

              Why are your comments smelling like “Uhm Aktschually” from reddit?