French operator SNCF has previously asked passengers to self-declare as 'Monsieur' or 'Madame'.

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).

  • ZigguratEnglish
    16·
    23 hours ago

    Asking whether they write sir or madam on the ticket as a form of politeness. Sure it helps collecting statistics too.

    Conservative are weird, the will be fine with asking sir or madam, but would throw a tantrum if you ask them a pronoum which is exactly the same question

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      23 hours ago

      Sure, but is that a reason to make it mandatory? If someone does not want to share the information, then saying “non, we must be polite to you!” doesn’t make a lot of sense.