This will hopefully spur the company to lobby congress for government identification that is NOT the social security number, and in keeping with modern standards of information security, so that they can limit damages.
Also, more worryingly, there is a good chance that you've signed a contract somewhere that says that in all the paperwork one does in their life.
/s
So the main thing to consider is that you should never give the office power you wouldn't want the worst possible person occupying that office to have.
It doesn't matter whether you think that person is the current person, any of the previous people, or the potential future people.