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    <p>I noticed the Fide rating list is always published with the date of
    birth of the player</p>
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  <p>That is not true. The full date of birth is now never published, although in the early noughties it was. Now just the year of birth is published.</p>
  
  <p>Furthermore that is often also not published. When you register you can request that your year of birth is also not published. To verify you can go to the "<a href="https://ratings.fide.com/advseek.phtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Advanced Search</a>" on the FIDE rating website and search for female players from various Arab countries. If you do that you will see that for some of the countries many of the women have blank for their year of birth.</p>
  
  <p>Example: <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/advaction.phtml?idcode=&amp;name=&amp;title=&amp;other_title=&amp;country=UAE&amp;sex=f&amp;srating=0&amp;erating=3000&amp;birthday=&amp;radio=name&amp;line=asc" rel="nofollow noreferrer">United Arab Emirates</a>.</p>
  
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    <p>Is registering one's actual birthdate with Fide a requirement for a
    Fide rating?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>FIDE require that to allow them to differentiate between two players with the same name. It does happen occasionally and then date of birth is essential. They don't need to publish even your year of birth. Once registered your FIN is enough to identify you in the system, and you can request even that is not published.</p>
  
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    <p>It is a major concern for me given the rise in cases of identity
    theft.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>You are wrong to be concerned. Your full date of birth is never published, only the year, and you can request that not even that is published.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I noticed the Fide rating list is always published with the date of birth of the player. Is registering one's actual birthdate with Fide a requirement for a Fide rating? It is a major concern for me given the rise in cases of identity theft.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I agree with your point that collecting DOB details results in loss of your privacy. From my point of view, the DOB details are essential only for players competing in age category like Under 7, Under 11, Veterans aged above 60 and many more. If FIDE could hide the DOB section and keep it confidential, it would be wonderful.
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Title: Get Fide-rated without revealing your birthday?
ThreadText: # Get Fide-rated without revealing your birthday?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-12-22)
  
  I noticed the Fide rating list is always published with the date of birth of the player. Is registering one's actual birthdate with Fide a requirement for a Fide rating? It is a major concern for me given the rise in cases of identity theft.
  
  **Tags:** rating, fide
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I agree with your point that collecting DOB details results in loss of your privacy. From my point of view, the DOB details are essential only for players competing in age category like Under 7, Under 11, Veterans aged above 60 and many more. If FIDE could hide the DOB section and keep it confidential, it would be wonderful.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-05-01. Score: 4
  
  > I noticed the Fide rating list is always published with the date of
  > birth of the player
  
  That is not true. The full date of birth is now never published, although in the early noughties it was. Now just the year of birth is published.
  
  Furthermore that is often also not published. When you register you can request that your year of birth is also not published. To verify you can go to the "[Advanced Search](https://ratings.fide.com/advseek.phtml)" on the FIDE rating website and search for female players from various Arab countries. If you do that you will see that for some of the countries many of the women have blank for their year of birth.
  
  Example: [United Arab Emirates](https://ratings.fide.com/advaction.phtml?idcode=&name=&title=&other_title=&country=UAE&sex=f&srating=0&erating=3000&birthday=&radio=name&line=asc).
  
  > Is registering one's actual birthdate with Fide a requirement for a
  > Fide rating?
  
  FIDE require that to allow them to differentiate between two players with the same name. It does happen occasionally and then date of birth is essential. They don't need to publish even your year of birth. Once registered your FIN is enough to identify you in the system, and you can request even that is not published.
  
  > It is a major concern for me given the rise in cases of identity
  > theft.
  
  You are wrong to be concerned. Your full date of birth is never published, only the year, and you can request that not even that is published.
  
  
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