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You could ask in turn for their privacy policy, a third party evaluation on their business processes related to your data, a track record on past security breeches, a list of tools and software they employ to protect your personal data, and what each and every bit of data they are asking for is being used for. I'd also ask for a written confirmation they will only be using these data for the purposes pointed out (in the responses to the above questions) and will be erased once they are no longer needed for said purpose, and that they will actively protect your data from third party access.
All very reasonable requests considering the sheer amount of personal information they're asking for.
But let's be more reasonable:
I am thinking these people are just trying to make their task as easy as possible  by asking for every single bit of information that may be required, even if most of the information will be unnecessary in most cases. In my experience, there is a good chance you'll get away with giving just half the information, as long as that half is sufficient for the intended task. (proving you are who you are, and can be relied upon to pay your rent). They can't be serious demanding every single bit, especially since some of these things may not even exist for totally legitimate persons (e. g. lived in your parents house, so no rental address, or always worked for the same employer, so no previous employer; also - but I admit that would be somewhat suspicious in the US - you may not own a drivers license  )
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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But it was always this way. I've always laughed at internet privacy obsessives for this very reason. The fact is that just being born in most Western countries exposes you to the world and his dog. It is as good (or should that be bad?) as impossible to make yourself untraceable given the number of things for which you are 'registered' in modern society. If somebody wants to find you then they will, irrespective of whether you have an Internet presence! When they say the price of freedom is eternal vigilance they mean it! just not necessarily in the way it was intended!
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...after drinking on of those.[^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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CDP1802 wrote: ...after drinking on of those.[^]
I bought one last year to try and also to show to the kids. Tasted like sh*t, even my daughter who likes beer spat it out.
It was selling less than half price a carton a few weeks later. Even that couldn't get me to buy it again.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Hah hah, Tiger have brought out an orange and a lemon flavoured beer over here, SIL bought 6 by mistake, he has similar tastes to yourself, volume. It almost broke his heart to pour it down the sink. It really was an insult to beer!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Ugh! Fortunately it looks like several different breweries decided to make their beer independently and without any official license. This one here was not bad and probably not the same stuff they sold you half a world away.
At least we have had this[^] for more than 500 years now, to prevent having to drink that kind of beer or some brew that would be green if not generously colored with food colors.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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Not so yellow as when you would drink this[^]
Yes it exists, yes, I tasted it, no it does NOT taste like anything closely resembling cola. No I would not drink it again  .
That was in Peru, where the locals almost drink it like water. If you would drink a glass (25 ml) of water with 25 teaspoons of sugar, you're not even close at how sweet this stuff tastes... 
but it was an experience 
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... Designed the TFS Online UI...
You guys are complete idiots.
SET RANT OFF
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Kevin Marois wrote: ... Designed the TFS Online UI...
You guys are complete idiots.
SET RANT OFF
Don't limit yourself.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Agreed
I have no end to issues with this... I REALLLLLY hate this
TFS Online has to be the most counter-productive UI I've ever worked with. If I designed UI's like this I'd be fired.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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They seem determined to make user interfaces as moronic and not-for-power-users as possible.
I can almost understand that for MS Word (although I still use Word 2003, because the effluent interface is so bad), but I don't think it's ridiculous to assume that one or two users of TFS might just be classifiable as power users.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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At my previous job we decided to try it. After a few weeks all our issues were more or less UI related. We couldn't find stuff or it would take us some time to find it, or we'd know where to find it but it took us a whole friggin lot of clicks, or we couldn't edit the fields we wanted to edit in the places we wanted to edit them...
It wasn't a pleasant experience and we decided to not use it again 
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Ivy Tech has super slow internet, as the proxy systems go from Lafayette to Indianapolis to who-knows-where-else then back to Lafayette. Even for accessing things on the Campus network from the Campus. Round trip time is measured in minutes on a good day, hours on a bad one.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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FROM: Brandy
TO: Me
Subject: Hello Mr Dependable!!
I am Tanya and I am in search of my personal Mr. Dependable? Are you one? Well I hope that you are. Most girls are in search of one.
It is very important for us girls to have someone who is there for you in any situation in life.
I am from Russia and here girls love to have someone who cares, loves and pampers you so that they feel secure and blessed.
Russian girls know to be the loved ones, we understand men to the core and we love to make a man feel satisfied in every aspect of family life.
If you long to find someone among us or maybe you want to find me itself, join this site where I have registered myself in search of my Mr. Dependable.
[site omitted for obvious reasons]
I simply gotta stop visiting those pron sites...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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This day is the day! I got one too... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Clearly, you and JSOP are visiting the same sites... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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For sure not - I got that email at work!!! 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Or one of them goes by the alias "Brandy." 
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Just been deleting today's spam, I got one too.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Subject: Hello Mr Dependable!!
Mr. Dependable...
Aren't those adult diapers?
I'd rather be phishing!
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Hmmmmm... Depends.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Which one is it? Brandy or Tanya?
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Need to know which one to pay the bonus to?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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