I can't speak for anywhere else but in California, the only folks you have to surrender your drivers license to is a LEO or a Judge. The State will not tell me what is on the magnetic strip and no one scans my license. Enterprise Auto Rental used to require your SS#, I never gave that out either.
I have walked from both a motel and an Enterprise Office because they refused to rent to me without swiping my DL or give my SS#. It's the principle not any notion of loss of identity but just cuse I'm ornery.
