Canada: Stores Downloading License Data Could Be Violating Privacy Laws
Convenience stores that check ID by swiping driver's licences could be violating privacy law, Government Services Minister Gerry Phillips said Wednesday. The system called "We Expect ID," would see store clerks swipe licences through a lottery terminal to verify a customer's age when purchasing alcohol, cigarettes, adult magazines, lottery tickets or fireworks. The terminal will read age information from the magnetic stripe on the licence and display the person's age on the terminal.
Privacy swipe?, Toronto Sun, March 9, 2007.
