Central_Register_of_Foreign_Nationals_(Germany)
The Central Register of Foreign Nationals (German: Ausländerzentralregister (AZR)) is a German database, containing personal information about approximately 26 million foreign nationals.[1][2] Of these, as of February 2009, approximately 4.5 million are EU citizens.[3]
The Central Register of Foreign Nationals provides data to over 7000 authorities and organizations, including police and customs authorities with over 80,000 users.[4]
According to section 26 of the law governing the Central Foreigners Register, personal data stored about individual foreigners in Germany can also be passed to the authorities of foreign states.[5]