Lexis Nexis, Choice Point, Acxiom and now GM Mastercard have lost control of consumer data. By some quirk , or whatever, they have let our identities blow in the wind like parade confetti. Our identities are basically the property of banks and corporations.
If you say you are you and a computer says you are not, you lose. Someone has convinced the computer that you are not you. Who we are has been handed over to banks and corporations under the guise that they needed our personal information to protect us from fraud.
It's kinda creepy to me that your face and your fingerprints don't define your identity anymore. If you are face to face with a retailer and you show your driver's license and other ID, but the computer says you are not you the burden of proof is on you to prove who you are.
You do have an out to this if there is no other door. Bankruptcy . . .
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