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Why on earth would they hold onto passport numbers? The amount of data companies hold onto is ridiculous. It can't all be necessary.

• dagw 8y ago
  Lots of countries legally require that hotels collect and store passport details of foreign guests.
  • dopamean 8y ago
    Right but then after the guest checks out why would they hold on to them for longer than a few days?
    • bronson 8y ago
      Because there's lots of upside to keeping them (analytics) and basically no downside. C'mon GDPR and CCPA! They will bring the downside.
• willvarfar 8y ago
  In many countries hotels are required by law to keep passport numbers of foreign guests. In the US there is, apparently, no federal law; however, it is often part of state law: https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/76012/laws-requiring-identification-at-hotel-check-in https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/76012/laws-requir... In many more countries hotels do it despite it not being required; they just do it to assist law enforcement agencies. And doubtless they like to keep the data themselves as an effective way to track and mine guests across multiple visits.
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