I don't think this is information that UPS actually possesses themselves. I signed up for a credit card with a bank I had never done business with before a few

I don't think this is information that UPS actually possesses themselves. I signed up for a credit card with a bank I had never done business with before a few months ago. I had to "verify my identity" by calling in, and the agent presented me with several questions similar to the ones mentioned in the article (where I had lived, who I had lived with, etc). I was a bit startled and asked the woman where they had gotten this information and she told me all of the questions and options were being pulled from a third party database that had something to do with my credit history. I also remember being asked similar questions when opening a bank account a few years ago. It seems like basically any institution that REALLY needs to verify your identity can use this, although I'm sure there are limitations to what they give out, and to who. (Not really sure who "they" are though...) It's funny that people freak out with what Facebok et al "know" about us, but there are credit companies that have been aggregating way more personal information (address, family history, bank accounts, lines of credit, etc) for our entire adult lives. All this data is what's been used to calculate our credit scores for years...