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Presscouncil City of Chemnitz
Pressrelease: 656

Information from the registration office

Voluntary military service - objection to the transfer of data to the Federal Office of Defence Administration

Women and men who are German 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 are obliged to transmit 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 transfer is only permitted if the data subjects have not objected.

The affected women and men born in 2007 have until 29 February 2024 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 (service portal, letter: D). Objections to the transfer of a data subject's data must be addressed to the City of Chemnitz, Citizens' Office, Registration Office, 09106 Chemnitz (located at Düsseldorfer Platz 1) or can be submitted at any citizen service centre of the City of Chemnitz.

The current office hours of the registration office (Düsseldorfer Platz 1) are
Monday and Friday 8 am to 12 noon,
Tuesday and Thursday 8 am to 6 pm.

The office hours of the citizen service centres can be enquired about by calling the standardised public authority telephone number 115 or viewed at www.chemnitz.de. Here you will also find information on making an appointment