Objection to the disclosure of information to political parties, associations of voters etc. in connection with elections and voting
In accordance with Section 50 Paragraph 5 of the Federal Registration Act, you are hereby informed of your right to object to the transfer of data to political parties, associations of voters and other nominated candidates in connection with elections and voting at national and local level (as outlined in Section 50 Paragraph 1 of the Federal Registration Act).
In accordance with Section 50 Paragraph 1 of the Federal Registration Act, in connection with elections and voting at national and local level in the six months preceding the election or vote, registration authorities shall be permitted to provide political parties, associations of voters and other nominated candidates with information from the population register concerning data described in Section 44 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 of the Federal Registration Act for groups of eligible voters if these groups are constituted on the basis of their members’ age. The birth dates of eligible voters shall not be provided. The person or body to whom the data is released shall be permitted to use this data only for advertising for an election or vote and shall delete or destroy it no later than one month after the election or vote.
Data shall not be transferred following an objection. Objections must be filed with the registration authorities responsible for the sole or main place of residence. Objections shall apply until revoked.
Objection to the transmission of data to elected officials, news media representatives and broadcasters on the occasion of birthdays and wedding anniversaries
In accordance with Section 50 Paragraph 5 of the Federal Registration Act, you are hereby informed of your right to object to the transfer of data outlined in Section 50 Paragraph 2 of the Federal Registration Act.
In accordance with Section 50 Paragraph 2 of the Federal Registration Act, if elected officials, news media representatives or broadcasters request information from the population register concerning the age or wedding anniversaries of residents, registration authorities may release the following information:
- Surname;
- Given names;
- Doctoral degree;
- Address; and
- Date and number of birthday or wedding anniversary.
Birthdays shall be the 70th birthday and every fifth birthday until the 100th birthday, then every birthday thereafter; wedding anniversaries shall be the 50th and every anniversary thereafter.
Data shall not be transferred following an objection. Objections must be filed with the registration authorities responsible for the party concerned. Objections shall apply until revoked.
Objection to the transmission of data to publishers of address directories
In accordance with Section 50 Paragraph 5 of the Federal Registration Act, you are hereby informed of your right to object to the transfer of data to publishers of address directories, as outlined in Section 50 Paragraph 3 of the Federal Registration Act.
In accordance with Section 50 Paragraph 3 of the Federal Registration Act, registration authorities may provide publishers of address directories with the following information on all residents aged 18 and over:
- Surname;
- Given names;
- Doctoral degree; and
- Current addresses.
The data provided may only be used for the publication of address directories in book form.
Data shall not be transferred following an objection. Objections must be filed with the registration authorities responsible for the party concerned. Objections shall apply until revoked.
Objection to the transmission of data to public-law religious communities by relatives of the members of religious communities
In accordance with Section 42 Paragraph 3 Sentence 2 of the Federal Registration Act, you are hereby informed of your right to object to the transfer of data outlined in Section 42 Paragraph 2 of the Federal Registration Act.
In accordance with Section 42 Paragraph 2 of the Federal Registration Act, if members of a public-law religious community have relatives who do not belong to the same or any public-law religious community, registration authorities may transfer the following data concerning these relatives:
- Surname and given names;
- Date and place of birth;
- Sex;
- Membership of a public-law religious community;
- Current addresses;
- Blocks on releasing information pursuant to Section 51 of the Federal Registration Act; and
- Date of death.
Data subjects may not object to the transmission of data for the purposes of tax collection by public-law religious communities. Recipients shall be informed of this specific purpose when the data is transferred. Objections must be filed with the registration authorities responsible for the sole or main place of residence. Objections shall apply until revoked.
Objection to the transmission of data to the Federal Office of Personnel Management of the Bundeswehr
In accordance with Section 36 Paragraph 2 Sentence 1 of the Federal Registration Act, you are hereby informed of your right to object to the transfer of data outlined in Section 58c Paragraph 1 of the Act on the Legal Status of Military Personnel. This only applies to the registration of German nationals under the age of 18.
In accordance with Section 58b of the Act on the Legal Status of Military Personnel, German men and women within the meaning of the German Constitution may commit themselves to a period of voluntary military service, provided they are fit for duty. On the basis of Section 58c Paragraph 1 of the Act on the Legal Status of Military Personnel, registration authorities shall provide the Federal Office of Personnel Management of the Bundeswehr with the following information by 31 March every year concerning German nationals set to come of age in the following year for the purpose of sending information material:
- Surname;
- Given names;
- Current address.
Data shall not be transferred following an objection. Objections must be filed with the registration authorities responsible for the sole or main place of residence. Objections shall apply until revoked.
Establishment of conditional block on releasing information (Section 52 of the Federal Registration Act)
If persons are registered as residents of
- a reception centre for asylum applicants or other foreign refugees;
- hospitals, care homes or other institutions serving persons with disabilities or in need of care or for the purpose of residential education;
- shelters against domestic violence; or
- institutions for the treatment of addiction,
registration authorities shall establish a conditional block on releasing information for these persons in the population register. Registration authorities shall only establish a conditional block on releasing information if they are aware that the person concerned is registered at one of these institutions. If the person concerned is registered at one of these institutions, the institutions shall notify the corresponding registration authority.
The establishment of a conditional block on releasing information shall mean that information from the population register may only be provided to private persons if harm to legitimate interests can be ruled out. The data subject shall be heard before releasing information from the population register.
