Imagine your ID in the hands of just anybody. That's what they want from anyone sucker enough to do business with them.
“no guarantee they can keep it safe.”
No kidding. In the past two weeks, I’ve had four or five letters from MAJOR companies saying “we’ve been hacked and the bad guys have your information.”
Of course, the letters always start with “We take security and protecting your information VERY SERIOUSLY.” But obviously not seriously enough to hire good IT and Security professionals.