That depends on where you live. Most places in the US, yes it is legal. It’s legal to keep almost any data for any reason in most of the US

It’s literally discussed in the Wikipedia definition…

Talkativity is a defining feature of extraversion

Hot take: This is gonna sound conceited to introverts but “shutting the fuck up so others can talk and contribute” IS society forcing extroverts to do exactly what you said. When an extrovert isn’t talking they are probably deliberately holding back because it’s socially polite

Your username is not the best ever. Why are you lying?

It’s impossible to do without signing the with the valid cert. I think destroying the anonymity is the point

No you’re right. The ARF just ignored that constraint and intentionally built in a back door here. From the linked article:

However, the current ARF stipulates that law enforcement authorities can retroactively trace pseudonyms back to their legal identity. The provisions therefore „strongly contradicts the legal requirements,“ epicenter.works writes.

If they are checking data brokers or aggregators it’s not really a background check. Carefully read any consent you give for a potential employer to perform a background check. Look for the records they are accessing and make a determination based on that language.

It is possible that some vendor is the space incorporates data brokers into their service, and that’s hard to tell. But they still should ask for your consent, I believe.

No need to apologize haha! You were giving good advice and didn’t do anything funny. It’s just tech names that are funny. I appreciate your attitude fwiw and your English is better than mine, so it not being your first language is not apparent at all

No no, I’m not laughing at you. It’s the names of the services that are cracking me up. You didn’t do anything

I know those are all real but this sentence is objectively hilarious

Yeah I don’t trust the good will of corporations, even the ones I personally like

Yeah GOG is a better ownership model. Steam is not ownership

I mean I hate to say it but if steam closed up shop tomorrow your games are gone too. You buy a license, not a copy, from steam

Most gym employees don’t have that level of discretion in the US at least. Most gyms I’m aware of are franchises and asking a wage employee to go against their corporate policies risks their livelihood.

Ah I missed the part where you said “and charge you.” There’s nothing in contracts like these that says the gym has to let you identify yourself in any way you choose and I don’t see why you think there would be.

I never said they’d charge you, I said they wouldn’t just let you in.

Isn’t what illegal? They are allowed to determine how you access their gym.

Yes that’s absolutely what will happen. They likely have language in the contract you signed allowing them to do just that.

You are paying for access to the gym. They don’t have to provide you access via a card or a list or an app - they probably specify that they can refuse access for a variety of reasons, including “safety and privacy” or some shit they can shoehorn an app into. You don’t have a legal right to access a place via the mechanism you choose.

That isn’t how contracts work