Quote Originally Posted by The AR guy View Post
Better to take a long break and wait this thing out. Too many privacy concerns with presenting the passport to a brothel...who you really are, residential address, contact details, becomes very easy to find you and your family in facebook and other social media, able to infiltrate your working life. . Anonymity is gone. I use a different name when I punt for this reason. I believe the shop management has good intentions and means well by going down this path but, I'm not OK with my sensitive private information getting into the wrong hands. I also don't want my punting information getting into my private life.Not safe IMHO.
If you travel overseas, you will probably have to give your hotels your passport details to check in. Maybe hotels have more ethical approaches to privacy, but they are only as good as the person behind the counter.