[OJFord]

I live in the UK, I tried to delete my PayPal account (that I never wanted to create, it came out of what I thought was a 'guest checkout' flow) and was repeatedly told I needed to provide PII that they didn't currently have in order to 'verify' my identity so they could delete it.

[Svperstar]

I got locked out of my PayPal, after 5 years of inactivity PayPal finally deleted the account themselves.

[toyg]

Now even youtube wants your PII to "verify your age" for the silliest of videos.