Yep.  paypal changed its requirements on 4/8/2009. I got an email (in fact several emails  ) with a notice of changes: https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/we...rivacy-outside Below is an extract from the changed agreement
Required Information
To open a PayPal account, you must provide your name, address, phone number, and email address. In order to make certain payments through PayPal, you must provide credit card, debit card or bank account information. We also ask you to choose two different security questions to answer (such as your city of birth or your pet's name). This required information is necessary for us to process transactions, issue a new password if you forget or lose your password, protect you against credit card fraud and current account fraud, and to contact you should the need arise in administering your account. We will also require your national insurance number or other commercial and/or identification information if you send or receive certain high-value transactions or high overall payment volumes through PayPal or as is otherwise required in order for us to comply with our anti-money laundering obligations.
Since paypal moved to Luxembourg life has become harder.
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