Marriott says 5.2M guests exposed in new data breach
> contact details, loyalty account information and additional personal details such as gender and birthdays<p>I'm always wondering why a random service would need a date of birth (apart from validating "the person is an adult"). Some of them give you a special promo for your birthday, but I guess I can live without that.<p>Except banking & government services, I typically provide a fake one if required, because, WTF?