I’m guessing that the answer is yes, but maybe someone with 1st hand experience or any sort of expertise may want to weigh in?

I really just want to order cookware from a German company that no longer ships to the US (given the toddler tantrums that have replaced our trade policy, I don’t blame them). I think reshipping companies in the EU all have to get some sort of ID verification to combat credit card fraud (side note: I live in the US so I can hardly throw stones but WTF EU? It seems like a terrible privacy law enacted to protect banks?).

Anyway, if I want to use the service, this is the deal:

We take the protection of your data very seriously, especially when it is about your identity data. Our partner for verifying your identity is Veriff, a well-known and trusted KYC provider. They will securely store your data and only transmit the status of your verification to our system. Of course your data will never be disclosed to third parties.

Feels yucky, but maybe I’m being paranoid? Pretty much everyone in my country has already been boned by Experian and Social Security leaks already 🤷🏾

  • xmrlist@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    For a replacement lid it might not need the German shop at all. Spare parts often go through a different channel than the retail store: most of the big German cookware brands have a US distributor or an official parts page, and their customer service will usually tell you which US dealer stocks the part if you give them the model number from the base. eBay.de sellers that use eBay’s international shipping are another option, since the seller ships to a domestic hub and you never deal with a forwarder.