I've pushed back on it in individual situations. A house booked and paid through booking.com wanted me to email them a copy of my passport. I said no, but they

I've pushed back on it in individual situations. A house booked and paid through booking.com wanted me to email them a copy of my passport. I said no, but they could see it in person when I arrived. When they arrived they wanted to take a photo of it. I said no, then, too. They were really quite unhappy about that, and claimed they've had people stay on fraudulent cards before, and this was the only way to protect themselves. Employers doing things like SOC2 are also wanting to go through third party background-check services. All of those also want things like selfies and scans of passports. They all claim the same "We delete it after the check is complete" thing, too, which I don't believe.