[address-policy-wg] Post Ident / Post Brief

* Wilfried Woeber wrote:
> I am wondering how German Citizens are dealing with the fact that *many*
> Hotels and other accomodation businesses *require* to take a copy of an
> official ID Document, in many cases due to local regulations to establish
> and track identity of travellers?

I do clearly state that they are allowed to check the id card, but not to
copy it or store it away. Even in USA I did not have any problems with it
(despite immigration services at LAX).

Oh, there is one exeption. I asked the German Bundestag (which take your ID
card away if you enter the buildings) how they fullfil this (new) law,
because I was invited to a working group there. It took a week for a formal
response claiming that the German Bundestag is not covered by the audience
of this law. Brilliant!

> Or is this law only applicable to German Citizens being physically present
> in Germany?

No.