In Germany, it breaks TDDDG §25 verbatim, storage of data not explicitly consented to and not technically necessary is already illegal.

So sue them. You will then learn whether you are right or not.

If you have the time and money.

In the meantime the German government probably uses that info.

	▲	jdiff 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Conspiracy talk. Show any indication that this data ever leaves its store first.