As part of a simple registration register information request, the registration authority will provide you with the surname, first names, doctor's degree and current addresses of the person you are looking for. If the person is deceased, you will be informed of this.

If no person or several persons are found in the population register with the information provided by the person or body making the inquiry, or if there is a block on the provision of information in accordance with § 51 BMG or a conditional blocking notice in accordance with § 52 BMG, or if other interests worthy of protection in accordance with § 8 BMG prevent the provision of information, the population register information will be provided with a neutral answer ("Information cannot be provided or cannot be provided at present for factual or legal reasons.").

The recipient of the information is obliged to inform the data subject in accordance with Article 14 (1) - (4) GDPR. This does not apply to the cases listed in Art. 14 (5) GDPR if and to the extent that

• the data subject already has the information,
• the provision of this information proves to be impossible or would require a disproportionate effort
• the obtaining or disclosure is expressly regulated by German or Union law to which the controller is subject and which provides for appropriate measures to protect the legitimate interests of the data subject, or
• the personal data is subject to professional secrecy under German or Union law, including a statutory duty of confidentiality.

In the case of simple or extended information from the population register, the obligation to provide information pursuant to Art. 14 GDPR also does not apply if

• its fulfillment would impair a legal interest, in particular the assertion of legal claims, unless the legitimate interest of the data subject in the fulfillment of the information obligation prevails.