You shouldn't sweat this at all. India has skyscrapers filled with very productive programmers and other professionals. If you call a toll free number to complain, say, about the use of foreign workers, your call may get answered in Manilla where an English-speaking, college educated professional will courteously handle your call.
While he surreptitiously prints out 10 SS cards in your name and authorizes just as many credit cards and loans. *laugh*.
This is disgusting, sharing my personal information with all sort of Third World countries.
Instead of waiting for the government to do anything about it, we should start the ball rolling right now.
What about a good old Freep to these accounting firms?
How many Americans will agree to have their personal information "images" sent all over the world?
If the word gets out, this will stop. The customer outrage will shame these businesses into stopping this practice.
I'm e-mailing my accountant right now: "Don't even think about outsourcing my tax return next year."