When I no longer use online accounts I like to delete those accounts. Often, I will also go in to the account and change all of the personal info, and change the email to a disposable one, then delete it.

Not perfect, but digital hygiene to the best of my abilities.

Anyhow, today, I emailed an online retailer to delete my personal info and online account. They told me to fill out a form that asked for more info than I'd given them in the first place, incl. SSN 😂.... yah, nooope.

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Yeah...I have same experience with some retailers over the years....they want more info to delete the info they have. This business of intrusively collecting more information than they need is obnoxious in the industry. Unfortunately, there are not many of us who push back on them.