Objection to data transfers from the population register (Germany)
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The informal letter to the German registration office (Meldebehörde) that has transfer blocks entered in the population register: you object, point by point, to your data being passed to political parties before elections, to office-holders and the press for birthday and wedding anniversaries, to address-book publishers (§ 50(5) of the Federal Registration Act, BMG) and to a family member's religious community (§ 42(3) BMG). It leaves out the objection to transfers to the Bundeswehr, abolished on 1 January 2026. Many offices also offer their own free form. In German.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Applicant
- Applicant's address
- Registration office (Bürgeramt)
- Address of the registration office
- City
- Date
- Date of birth
- Birth surname
- Objection: data to parties before elections
- Objection: birthday and wedding anniversaries
- Objection: data to address-book publishers
- Objection: data to a family member's religious community
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Common questions
- Do I need the registration office's own form to object in Germany?
- No. The objection needs no particular form: it can be made in writing or recorded at the registration office, and it applies until you withdraw it. Many offices also provide their own form free of charge — Berlin, for example, accepts an informal request by post or at a citizens' office without a fee. This letter is the informal version, which you can hand in at any registration office.
- Can I still object to my data being passed to the German armed forces (Bundeswehr)?
- No. The Military Service Modernisation Act (Wehrdienst-Modernisierungsgesetz) abolished this right to object (former § 36(2) BMG) on 1 January 2026, and objections made before then were deleted on that date. Such an objection would have no effect today, which is why this letter does not include it.
- Who can object to data being passed to a religious community in Germany?
- The registration office may pass to a religious community that is a public-law corporation the data of its members' family members as well — a spouse or minor children, for example. Anyone who does not belong to the same public-law religious community, or to none, can object to this (§ 42(3), second sentence, BMG). The right does not cover the data of the community's own members.
- What is the difference between a transfer block and a complete information block in the German register?
- The transfer blocks this letter asks for are entered without reasons and concern only the recipients the law names. A complete information block (Auskunftssperre) under § 51 BMG, by contrast, blocks in principle any information from the register about you. It requires facts suggesting a danger to life, health, personal freedom or similar protected interests, which you set out to the registration office; it is applied for separately and is limited in time.
- How do I hand in the objection at the German registration office?
- Sign the letter and post it to the registration office where you are registered, or hand it in there. The letter asks for written confirmation that the blocks have been entered. If none comes, ask — especially before an election, because parties receive group information in the six months before elections and referendums (§ 50(1) BMG).
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