Looks like Josh Zerlan is expanding this battle...
For legal reasons, any sort of secret ID code/number that is used by the insecure legacy government/banking systems is banned from bitcointalk.org.
This includes, for example:
- US social security numbers
- Non-US government ID numbers that can cause security problems when released
- Credit card numbers
Exceptions might possibly be made if this info is absolutely essential to a scam investigation or it's very certain that you're posting secret ID codes that belong to you.
Non-US government ID numbers that can cause security problems when released
123 Elm Street, Anywhere USA, 12345. Phone-123-4567890. Fax-123-0987654
Pretend that AcmeBitcoinWidgets has the above info on their website. I, being a mad man and am in direct competition with them, can no longer post the above info containing non-US government ID numbers, i.e., an address, gleaned from ABW's website in fear of violating the new policy due to security reasons, for it's now possible that I, or some other, will stalk the 123 Elm Street address to meet up with ABW's owner and confront him.
If you think that's crazy, we can no longer post President Obama's SSN on this forum thanks to the new policy due to a security risk to his person.