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I wish the FCC would give us ham radio operators these options:
1: Allow us to hide our address from public view. Many countries offer this option to their ham radio operators, so why not us? Many of us, myself included, don't like having our addresses published.
2: Allow us to display a different name other than our birth name on public records, because not everyone wants to be known by their birth name, especially transgender people like myself.
@kkarhan@mstdn.social@KJ7OMO Not shure how @BNetzA & #DARC handle #1 in Germany espechally since #GDPR & #BDSG exist AND transmitter locations may not be published for #NatSec reasons.
#2 however is very clear as it's not "birth name" but "legal name" which is still a hassle but #SelfID legislation is overdue to get passed.
EU #GDPR law says: Nobody may have and handle, let alone publish any data pertaining a person against that person's will - unless they have what that law calls "legitimate interest".
Our German gov agency doing #hamradio, the @BNetzA (on Fediverse 
!) has a legitimate interest to have any German hamradio license holder's address.
But not to publish it. So they ask you for permissipn.
After an official(!) name change, everybody that keeps your name MUST correct it. Same law.
@dj3ei @BNetzA @KJ7OMO Eeyupp.
There is no "legitimate reason" to deadname someone and there are already cases where doing so regardless got penalized.
Sadly as with current legislation it basically means trans people get legally "sentenced to their name and gender change", which is absurd because they didn't do anything wrong!
@dj3ei @BNetzA @KJ7OMO I mean know the #BNetzA does have a "Callbook" with all the callsigns ever assigned and their bearers names and adresses just like they have any licensed transmitter site filed.
Also your claim seems plausible since even @AuswaertigesAmt pulled their PDF listing all "Embassies and Consulates in Germany" with adresses and phone numbers from their website.
So if an embassy (!) is getting privacy it only seems to make sense hamradio operators do too.
https://mastodon.radio/@dj3ei/110575142791336780
@kkarhan @dj3ei @BNetzA @KJ7OMO @AuswaertigesAmt
To add to the world tour :
France's ANFR, the administration that manages "Radio Amateurs", has the names and adresses of every holder of a French callsign (obviously).
But you can choose not to be listed online if you opt to be on the "Orange List".
This is a nod to the much ancient "Red List", i.e. people who opt not to be listed on the phone book.
There is a strong principle of confidentiality and privacy, now, in Europe.