Google asking a passport or ID-card for age verification is just another ploy to collect more personal data

They only need my age. If I gave them my ID-card or passport, there's so much more information on them, including photo, document number, full name, signature, card code, etc... This is excessive.

If they want to check an age, they could ask me to make a 0,01 cents purchase and check the birth of date through my bank account. This it could be even easier, just check the bank account by the type to verify the age, every minor …

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