I am not sure if this is the right place to ask but I couldn't find a better place. Anyway, I have recently tried Uber and I believe many on this forum uses Uber. So I got a visa gift card and tried to use it on Uber but they couldn't verify my card. This happens only when the company collects unnecessary information about the individual. I had a similar problem when I tried to purchase a new cell phone with T mobile online. The reason was that T-mobile checks the identity at a higher level, which is required by the government. But why does Uber do the same? Is that required by the government? I started wondering how much information Uber collects and whether it is necessary...Does anyone know?

I've been using the visa gift card for a while and never had issues with taxi, train etc. Only Uber....