Originally Posted by
C17PSGR
Several countries are required to keep passport information for guests. It's been that way for years.
Not sure why this is even an interesting discussion.
Agreed. Some of the comments here are from people that clearly do not travel often enough to varied countries.
I can think of over a dozen countries I have been to where a passport scan and name 'correction' to match the passport has been an obsession, normally to confirm to national police reporting requirements. While China is a big one, there are many others in South America, the Middle East and Africa.