And another thing ...
On another site (too tired to remember which, sorry) they were pointing out the Ts & Cs, or was it the Privacy Policy, gave the web site operator permission to turn all this information over to all sorts of people. One example was ensuring that Sales Taxes had been paid!
Obviously modern big government cannot operate unless it has up-to-date information about what you own and from whom you acquired it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
