Or maybe use strong encryption. Which is free.
Why do Americans have to specify that they DON'T want third party's using their information instead of having to specify that they DO?
Again, when you give it away, it is no longer exclusively your information.
The idea that companies are allowed to put something on your property without your permission is insane.
What are they putting on "your property"?
There is a lot of conceptual confusion lately as to what constitutes personal property.
If I go to an In'n'Out and order a double double animal style every Friday, the cashier has not entered into some oath of eternal secrecy.
If the police come in and say: "We're looking for a guy who comes in here every Friday and orders a double double animal style, here's a picture do you recognize him?" - well the police are fully entitled to ask that question if they want, and the cashier has every right to identify me from the photo if he wants.
My favorite lunch order is definitely personal information about me, but it isn't my property, per se.
Nor is it the obligation of In'n'Out to keep that lunch order secret.