ID card copy - is that allowed?
In November 2010, a revision of the identity card act (such compliance), in the context of the new electronic identity card came into force. Whether an identity card may be copied without further ADO, however, is still not easy to clarify:
- In the explanatory Memorandum to such compliance, it is said: "The collection and use of personal data from or with the aid of the identification card [shall be] in the future only on the designated trails. [...] Other procedures, for example, the opto-electronic detection ("scan") of the identification data or the machine-readable zone shall be expressly excluded."
- This justification is reflected in § 20 Para. 2 such compliance low: Hereinafter, may be used, except for the electronic proof of identity - the identity by public and non - public Bodies, neither to the automated retrieval of personal data for the automated storage of personal data. From this standard, a copy isn't immediately ban.
- According to the wording of § 20 Para. 2 such compliance is merely a scan of the identity card to be prohibited for purposes of Storage. The VG Hannover (Az also has already. 10 A 5342/11) confirmed.
- The VG Hannover but left it expressly open whether § 20 Abs. 2 such compliance also results in a prohibition of Copying.
- In some of the laws and regulations explicit appropriations to the Copy of the identity document are provided. For banks, there are about § 8 Abs. 1, sentence 3 of the money laundering act and the telecommunications provider (e.g. mobile phone contract) § 95 Abs. 4, sentence 2 of the German tele-cation act of communication. In addition, many authorities are seized to make copies.
- You leave copies of your passport in the context of § 20 Para. 2 such compliance, these bodies, but under tight conditions. Read more about this in the next paragraph.
ID card copy
Under these conditions, you may copy your ID
- The copy may only be used for the purpose of proof of identity is made (§ 20 Abs. 1 such compliance).
- Furthermore, an authorisation must be available for Copying, e.g., § 95 Abs. 4, sentence 2 of the TKG to the telecommunication provider.
- In addition, it is regulated by the such compliance, that banks and credit institutions, as well as a driving licence authorities may make a copy of your identity card for identity verification.
- In addition, the copy must be in the framework of data protection is also required. To the "identification among those present" will not be normally required, because the Show is likely to be sufficient. For the "identification of the Absent" (e.g., by the conclusion of the contract via the Internet) must not be kept a copy for longer than necessary.
- The purpose of the proof of identity can also be achieved, if sensitive and non-required data (to be blackened, e.g., the card number).
- In any case, you may not make automated storage (e.g., as a JPEG or PDF). Because in this case, a distinction from the right would be scanning illegal is hardly possible.
If your ID card has expired, you must apply for a new. How to do this, we will explain on the next page.
