No, my work account is a personal account (even if prostitution was a permitted activity for companies, that would mean my details being public as a company director, as your post says). I have no concerns over a payment processor or website owner knowing my legal name - I'm not breaking any laws and it's not as if there's anything they could do with it? That said, there are not that many sites I pay/have paid to advertise on.
The maximum penalty for breach of GDPR (which is the legislation I've already mentioned that protects people's personal data) is an unlimited fine, and for what? Blackmail is also an extremely serious offence in the UK so again, I'm not sure what your concern is?
I'm assuming you don't use Adultwork.com, since you would need to send your ID to them for your listing to be verified?
I wouldn't really rely on GDPR, because who's going to sue or care if there's going to be a data breach from an escort website?
About blackmail, yes in theory it is a serious offence, but in practice it may not be taken seriously by police and prosecuted. I think it's better to be as discreet as possible from the beginning, than relying on the police or GDPR.
There's so many men who do really terrible things, for example assault their wife's or kids and aren't prosecuted by the police. Who will care about a data breach from an escort website or an escort being blackmailed?
Yes, you are right, I don't use AdultWork. I think they are quite ridiculous with their verification process. It's my own business what work I do and my right to keep my name private, as long as I pay my own taxes, I don't do anything illegal and I don't hurt anyone.
I'm pretty sure AdultWork and all other website owners can really distinguish who's independent and who's being pimped. It's quite easy to spot if the same IP address has more than a few profiles. An independent escort won't have hundreds of profiles from the same IP address during a few months, with different email addresses and phone numbers, but a pimp will have it. I don't believe they can't see the IP address, how the payment was made and the name of the cardholder. I doubt any pimp has hundreds of debit cards in order to pay separately for each new profile. Again, is easy to spot if the same card was used to pay for too many profiles. So I'm not sure why they want to know all our personal details.