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Well this ain't the norm here (a little bit south from you, still EU). Perhaps it has to do with Germany being always more vary of privacy for history reasons, but is merely a EU recommendation, not enforced by law.

Not targeted for your reply, just clarifying the previous post: I don't appreciate the down votes though, I wasn't stating that OP opinion is right, it was just my understanding of what he meant and trying to understand it.