I see two possible readings of your comment, which are almost opposites. One is that we should all learn to deal with this much data about ourselves being expo

I see two possible readings of your comment, which are almost opposites. One is that we should all learn to deal with this much data about ourselves being exposed. The other is that the root cause here was how much data they collected about us in the first place. I really don't understand why so many companies think they need so much information about me. Or even if they do need it, why such disparate data as passport numbers, credit card numbers, email address, gender, and home address would be stored in the same database. Is there a law that requires hotels to collect all this data? I've stayed at some cheap motels where they glanced at my driver's license and accepted a couple of $20 bills, and I got a key, and that was the entire transaction.