As a german i don’t understand what it means to “serve legal orders”. Here in Germany, if the letter lands in the mailbox where you have registered your place of residence, it is considered delivered. Why make it unecessarily complicated?
I feel like people lately go a bit overboard when it’s about protecting their “data”.
As far as I see all it does is just send one single number that shows that there is someone using this specific operation system and it does not include any personal or unique to the user information.
In my opinion this does not even qualify as “my data”
It is extremely widespread in Europe. In Germany, a good 50 million people (out of 80) use it every day. I would describe myself as very tech-savvy and privacy-conscious and would normally never use it , but since everyone in the family and friends use it without exception, there is no escape. plus quite a lot of business now use whatsapp for contact / support.
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Okay guys, i get it :D
I’ll take it as good news that such things didn’t occur to me. Guess there is no sketchy energy in this guy, haha.
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I honestly do not know a single one.
I mean, there is not really a sketchy way to do that in germany (as far i know). Such important documents are usually sent as registered mail with proof of delivery. The mailman has to confirm that he did put it in the mailbox.
You are usually given a period of a few weeks or months to respond. If you don’t check the mailbox at your registered address regularly, then it’s your own fault. From the point of view of the court, the letter was delivered. I feel that is very fair.