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Bars' Scanning of ID Violates BC Privacy Laws

Posted by kdawson on from the drinking-in-private dept.

AnonymousIslander writes "The Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Province of British Columbia has ruled that electronic scanning of driver's licenses (and similar forms of ID) as a condition of entering a bar or nightclub is a violation of BC's Personal Information Privacy Act. The decision (PDF), while dealing with one specific club, will still have ramifications across the entire province. It is not known if the nightclub in question will attempt to appeal the decision in court. A similar decision was reached last year in Alberta. The system in question is known as BarWatch, and has been the target of criticism by many for a number of years. Despite this, a number of bars/nightclubs and restaurants in communities across Canada have installed similar systems, and just days before this decision came down there were calls for the expansion of BarWatch in Victoria to cover restaurants and other establishments serving the post-bar crowds." Similar systems are in use across the US, as we have discussed.

2 of 198 comments (clear)

  1. don't forget,, you herd it here first? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that's all quite interesting butt... (Score:mynuts won; too gooed to believe?)
    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 24, @02:23PM (#28810153)

    http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1912448,00.html

    there have been no (as in zero (0)) genuine clouds for several years now. kind of skews the projection about 100% or more.

    sort of the same method used to inform US that we might not all be billyonerrors ever again, or we might not win the increasing # of wars.

  2. mod 3Own by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    infinitesimaaly 3im. Due to the