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Prolly just get the fax and promptly type it into a computer...

I think a challenge is that nobody makes you whole when there is identity theft unless you already had insurance. In the case of CC# fraud, the banks make you whole - which is why Target ended up having to pay a settlement to the banks, who were in turn reimbursing fraudulent charges. The banks...

You mention liability and that's a really interesting point. For my part I've never heard of someone successfully suing a vendor/etc for identity theft / fraud damages in connection with the vendor losing their identity. Seems tricky to prove. Not like I'm a lawyer or have gone looking for past...

You give reasonable advice that is common sense and anyone could do no worse to follow. I think I am reacting more to the fear they are storing them long-term and they are sitting around for someone to find down the road. Sure, they probably are. And if not, all these other companies are too...

Every time I fill out a W4 or 1099 w/o an EIN, every time I do a credit check, stock brokers/banks, every property I have ever rented, when I deal with the FCC, DMV, my insurance companies, every cell phone deal I've ever had, amazon publishing, blah blah blah

At this point my SSN is so many places and on so many things I don't see how giving it to GP really makes anything worse. On the upside there have been so many data breaches I pretty much have free credit monitoring for life...