It's amazing how often you find companies/individuals asking for personal information/documents over email and SMS. I've been on the hunt for a flat for the las

It's amazing how often you find companies/individuals asking for personal information/documents over email and SMS. I've been on the hunt for a flat for the last few weeks. Being in NZ, I used the TradeMe platform where many of the landlords/listing owners asked for Passport scans, employment letters, bank statements etc via email before evening looking at the property. No mention of how that information will be secured and how it will be discarded. They've likely received hundreds of messages with personal information, all stored in Gmail inboxes. What happens to them after they're sighted - I wouldn't know. I don't know what the 'adult' industry is like but I suspect there's some sites that verify their models by similar email/SMS mediums.