I'm noticing a rare provider or two demanding a photocopy of my drivers license, LinkedIn profile, work E-mail, etc. to verify my real identity.  I decline every time for obvious reasons.  I support provider safety and want these beautiful women to feel (somewhat) safe in this line of work.  Is there a compromise I haven't thought of?

Isn't this what P411 is for, they require all that info plus more to verify, if P411 isn't good enough for anyone then I move on. Unless you don't have P411 then I can understand why some ladies would ask, but in the end you just have to do whatever your comfortable with.

p411 is a place to hold your references and only ONE layer of screening! LOL

correct! I've had no shows and dangerous clients contact me on P411 before

There are several ladies that don't do strict screening. You can always see one of them.  
I require all of my clients to give me their real life info. Full Name, work info, linkedin profile, just like you mentioned. My clients have no problem providing me with their info as it's required to see me. Even those on P411 are required to still send me their full name and or ID.

Wish we could put our heads together & compromise.  Wish we had a black/white statistical analysis of clients who do provide this sensitive info vs those who don't.  
I will say I've had ZERO issues booking with providers without giving this sensitive info, only been asked a couple times...

The compromise is: if you want to see her, supply all the required screening information.

The ladies are more than welcome to contact any or even all of the women who have okayed me before even answering my inquiry, actually I even suggest they do what ever they need to do before getting back to me. I will even go along with providing ID upon arrival, although this only happens to me between 1 and 2% of the time. I am fine with a lady "feeling comfortable" before seeing me.

But always keep in mind:  it's the provider's body--and life--and thus her (screening) rules.  If you don't like how a provider does screening, you're free to find someone who has screening you're comfortable with.  

pretty sure that's not a compromise

a hobbyist qualifies by submitting the required data after being recommended by a provider or on his own, provider may request more information.  

So, you didn't think that raising this issue in:
https://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion-boards/newbie-33/question-about-screening-167718?page=1

Inasmuch as it's her body and her rules, it's also your money and your rules. If you are not comfortable with her screening requirements, you might wanna tell her what you would be comfortable with. If she's OK with that, peachy. If not, move on. There's always plenty of fish unless you are stuck in fly-over-country.

There's no compromise to be had. Like you, I've had zero issues booking based on 70+ OKs. About 2 in the last 100 appointment requests I've made via P411 have asked for ID, D.O.B. or other intrusive "screening." Like GaG, I just walk away from such requests, after I stop laughing.  

Of course I want providers to feel 100% safe, absolutely.
I was only imagining a provider would never feel 100% safe due to nature of business.  Should have worded differently, I apologize for that.

Exactly. That's why I signed up on p411. And I gladly answer additional questions that she may have for me.

I've provided my real name to one lady which I knew was required prior to contacting her. She even asked to see my ID at beginning of our first visit which wasn't an issue.

P411 mitigates risk. Instead of handing out your personal information n-number of times to n-number of providers you provide it once and only to one entity.

If I am meeting a gentleman at his hotel or they are coming to my home, I do request a current face picture (mostly to confirm I do not know them) and their name. If a gentleman is not comfortable doing this, I will meet them in a public place first for coffee or drinks so we can chat first. If someone is very reluctant to give me ANY info, I let them know they are going to have to find a different provider.

I've had providers no show me as well.  If you have a problem with a client making an appointment and no showing, then report it.  If it is habitual and enough people report it then they will be dealt with accordingly.  For dangerous clients, I'm sure you know that they should be reported.  Gina doesn't play the bs, and their account will be suspended.  

I will say first off I am a provider that screen and feel as  women we have ever right to ask you to verify.  
Who your are before meeting in private.  

If one is to give up that info then your balls are literally in her hands.  Sorry, no punnany is worth potentially being extorted.  My identity and verification that I am safe is in the number of Okays I have.  Any provider can feel free to contact those who have given me an Okay.  Photo copy of DL, LinkedIn, work email, etc is to ensure that you don't write a bad review.  There's plenty of fish in this sea, and I've seen my fair share from Top 10s to porn stars, none of which asked for my life to be electronically transferred.  I have compromised and shown my ID once inside the location.  

Your p411 account number is composed from things that appear on your ID.  It is p411 suggested policy for escorts to verify the client ID against the account number.

So you have no problems accepting that there are some bad clients do bad things, but you just cannot seem to accept that some bad providers ALSO. Biased opinion? Probably.

Well they are to themselves, well at least as far as not wanting to have worry that some BSC hooker is going to ruin his life someday, maybe over something as petty as a 7-7 review.

That's being pretty arrogant.  I may not be important to you, understandably I am just the fee that you choose to charge.  But in my eyes, my personal information is of the highest importance to me, and thats half of the equation.  I'm not a provider, so I haven't ran across a client with 40+ Okays.  IMO something like that warrants a red flag in itself.  I was told once that anything past a certain number can come off as off-putting, so I try and keep it around 10 very recent Okays.  You're coming up with a bunch of hypotheticals that can go either way.  It's as simple as recent Okays from reputable providers that you yourself can reach out to and ask "Is this guy ok?"  You're reaching pretty far IMO.

... I used for P411 when seeing a provider.  But if I were asked to do that (and ladies, please let me know BEFORE I show up for our date if you're going to want to see that ID), I'd show her the ID with my photo, first name, and last 4 digits of the ID number visible, and other personal info covered.  That way the provider can see I am indeed the person behind the P411 account, and I haven't revealed any additional PII about myself.  I would hope that would meet her need to validate my identity and my need to keep my personal info private.  

Two things  
First, I recently observered two separate providers that I have met (they are friends) I used one as a reference for the other. Had retained emails for months. I know this because in my recent contact she responded to the old email... reason this is unnerving ... all my info is there...  
Second, provider I know is also a feature dancer , someone clipped her phone at the club, "everything is on there" and she does not want to wipe it remotely because she refuses to give up on the 1000 selfies ...
So guess my point is I want to support providers in getting the info the need to be safe... but for Christ sakes take better care of my info

Always liked your philosophy Mr. GaGambler. Have lived by provider's "My Pussy, My Rules".
Move on guys......