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Presscouncil City of Chemnitz
Pressrelease: 658

Information from the Citizens' Office

Objections may be lodged against the transfer of data to the Federal Office of Defence Administration for the purpose of sending information material by the Bundeswehr

Women and men who are Germans within the meaning of the Basic Law have the opportunity to perform voluntary military service.

In accordance with Section 58c of the Soldiers' Act, the registration authorities must forward the surname, first names and current address of persons with German citizenship who will come of age in the coming year to the Federal Office of Defence Administration. From there, information material on activities in the armed forces is sent to the persons concerned.

Pursuant to Section 36 (2) of the Federal Registration Act, data transmission is only permitted if the data subjects have not objected.

The affected women and men born in 2002 have until 28 February 2019 to exercise their right to object.

The application to object to the transfer of data is available at the Chemnitz Registration Office, at the city's citizen service centres and online at www.chemnitz.de > Forms > Letter D (Data Protection). Objections to the transfer of a data subject's data should be addressed to the City of Chemnitz, Citizens' Office, Registration Office, 09106 Chemnitz (Düsseldorfer Platz 1) or can be submitted to any of the City of Chemnitz's citizen service centres.