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).

  • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
    32·
    22 hours ago

    The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled against French rail operator SNCF, which has previously required passengers to self-declare as either “Monsieur” or “Madame” when booking train tickets online, deeming it unnecessary information under the GDPR.

    The case was brought by the French association Mousse, whose mission is to “campaign for justice for the LGBTQI+ community,” according to its website.

    Holy crap, what evil company would let this make it to court?

    When a queer NGO asks you to please allow folks to book a train without entering a gender, just fucking make that change.

    Ignoring them and having to go to court over it is absurd.

    • Luckaneer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      2 hours ago

      Wonder if it was a weird cost thing, like it’s ridiculously difficult/costly to change their ticketing infrastructure to cope with this?

      • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 hours ago

        Probably not “ridiculously costly” but companies like cheaping out on… well, everything.