- cross-posted to:
- lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- transgenre
- lgbt
- chemindefer
- cross-posted to:
- lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- transgenre
- lgbt
- chemindefer
French operator SNCF has previously asked passengers to self-declare as ‘Monsieur’ or ‘Madame’.
The EU’s top court ruled on Thursday that requiring rail passengers to declare a gender when buying a ticket is in breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/CP250002EN.pdf
“data gathering” basically.
But their reasoning for gathering the data wasn’t good enough for the court to allow it, as they basically said “it’s so we know how to talk to passengers”, but as the court says, they can use less gender-specific wording.