* 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.