How many people would actually do it?
A new driving license costs
€53.65, plus a new passport picture, plus at least an hour of your time. A passport costs even more.
What this self-proclaimed expert says sounds good in the media, but I expect almost nobody to do this. Besides, even if you get a new document number, it can easily happen again and all your other data (email/phone/address) is still the same.
What's next? Move physical location after each data leak? You can just as well not even bother to unpack anymore.
I really don't like the direction governments are taking here. They're forcing companies to store more and more data, while the number of data leaks keeps increasing. Most people seem totally fine with this.
I give fake data whenever possible, it's good for privacy. Questionaire outsite? Ignore or make something up. Question where I live (zip-code) at the counter while paying in a shop? I make something up. Webshop that asks my date of birth? They don't get the real one.
But, for others, I can't do that. Insurances for instance need my real date of birth. If I enter it incorrectly, that gives them a reason not to pay out if it's ever needed.
The things they *all* say: "We take good care of your data", "We follow privacy laws", "We only share it with our 1658 partners", "It's ISO certified".
It's almost always BS.
