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Digikey keeps flagging me for Export Compliance
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: DimitriP on September 17, 2023, 02:45:55 am ---
--- Quote ---Would I get hit if my last name was "Schwartz" or "Jones"?
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Yes, you would.
https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/csl-search
Nothing of all this is "racial".
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So if it's not "racial", it's all fine then?
Is being discriminated due to one's name acceptable when there's no proof that you may cause any problem? A real question.
Ranayna:
On the one hand, Digikey has no obligations to deal with you at all. They are not forced by anything to enter into a contract with you.
On the other hand they can get into big trouble with the US government if they enter into a contract with the wrong person.
So the choice seems to be easy: Err on the side of caution. They may lose some customers, but as long as they can proove due diligence will likely not get into major trouble with the government.
Addendum: That the US apparently mainly just uses names for for this has been an issue for quite some time. I remember reading quite a few stories about people who have "name twins" on the no-fly-list.
thm_w:
The alternative to using names on the US list would be a national ID number or have people enter their SSN.
And you already know what the reaction to that would be ::)
Bud:
--- Quote from: Ranayna on September 18, 2023, 08:24:56 am ---Addendum: That the US apparently mainly just uses names for for this has been an issue for quite some time. I remember reading quite a few stories about people who have "name twins" on the no-fly-list.
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One of my previous manager's last name was Ali. He told me he was routinely stopped at airports for identity check. That was back in post-911 years.
coppercone2:
reminds me of how in ww2 italians had to be on a government list for radio privileges. you had to have a tech basically reduce the reception capabilities!
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