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| frogg:
Every single order I've put into Digikey in the last few months has been flagged for Export Compliance checking , which based on a conversation with a Digikey CSR may have to do with my name being "similar" to someone on a deny list for components. What kind of a check is a "similar name check"? This seems pretty error prone to me, and I'm starting to get the feeling that this is some sort of racial profiling. Would I get hit if my last name was "Schwartz" or "Jones"? This is all despite the fact that I'm an American and have ordered many times from Digikey in the past. Has anyone else seen this? Anyone with an Asian sounding last name constantly getting flagged for Export Compliance checks? |
| mikeselectricstuff:
Maybe try changing the name on your account? |
| ataradov:
There are lots of "American" names that match. I have to deal with it for my work too, and I actually only ever had to clear American sounding names. But this should only happen once per account. Once the account (email) is cleared manually, it should not trigger a match again. There is something wrong in DK implementation of the system. |
| tom66:
Can you "change" your name? For instance, if you are "John Smith" with a middle name of "Kevin", you could have packages delivered to Mr. Johnathan K. Smith. In most countries, it is not illegal to go by a different name, if the intent is to not defraud or deceive. Presuming there is no reason for you to actually be in violation of export compliance, this should be OK. IANAL though. |
| ataradov:
There are many reasons for a match other than the name. It might match on the email domain or even delivery address if someone on the list previously lived at that address. "similar name" may be just a generic reason for a database match. I'm not sure they are even allowed to disclose the actual reason. The database is way too extensive. It does not only include actual suspects of anything funny, but also government contractors that failed to deliver on a contract, for example. |
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