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SNCF's gender-based booking policy under review at EU's highest court

By Matthew Newman ( August 7, 2023, 13:02 GMT | Insight) -- French national train operator SNCF’s policy of requiring passengers to choose male or female titles when booking a train ticket in under review at the EU’s highest court following a complaint by a LGBTQI+ advocacy group. The complainants said that SNCF's requirement to use "sir" or "madame" was a violation of the data minimization principle in the GDPR because a passenger’s gender isn’t needed for booking train travel.French national train operator SNCF’s policy of requiring passengers to choose male or female titles when booking a train ticket is under review at the EU’s highest court following a complaint by a LGBTQI+ advocacy group....

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