Ancestors

Written by Alex :nonbinary_flag: on 2024-08-09 at 09:50

Today in #nonbinary

I get an email about the car insurance renewal and see it's in my old name. Have to call up to get it changed, supply a copy of my deed poll, so far ok.

Ask them to update my title to Mx

"You can only choose from Mr/Ms/Mrs/Dr"

But I'm none of those I say

"In that case we're cancelling your policy as your legal name won't match our systems. And we'll charge you a cancellation fee."

Wait wait wait - YOU can't support MY title so now this is MY fault?

Asked them to raise it as a formal complaint which has paused the cancellation for 10 days.

GDPR right to rectification means what?

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Written by RevK :verified_r: on 2024-08-09 at 10:15

@alexlomas I’m Rev on my driving licence. But what do they think a “legal name” is as a concept in the UK?

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Toot

Written by Mans R on 2024-08-09 at 10:51

@revk @alexlomas Some UK government officials believe there are also illegal names.

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/08/uk-once-again-denies-a-passport-over-applicants-name-due-to-intellectual-property-concerns/

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Descendants

Written by Chris Pitts on 2024-08-09 at 11:22

@mansr @revk @alexlomas Reminds me of little Bobby Tables 😁

https://xkcd.com/327/

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Written by RevK :verified_r: on 2024-08-09 at 11:23

@thirstybear @mansr @alexlomas my grandson is going to have issues as he is named “Bobby”. Not Robert, but Bobby.

I wish he had been given Tables as a middle name.

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