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Bars' Scanning of ID Violates BC Privacy Laws
7/25/2009

AnonymousIslander writes "The confidence and Privacy Commissioner for the Province of British columbia has ruled that online banking computerized tomography of driver's licenses (and similar forms of ID) as a posture of burglarizing a bar or hot spot is a encroachment of BC's join now!www.match.com

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the engine groupintegrated marketing communications creative home of bmw scoop Privacy Act. The decision (PDF), while dealing with one set club, will still have ramifications across the entire province. It is not known if the tavern in question will attempt to appeal the decision in court. A similar decision was reached last year in Alberta. The system in inquire 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 spread of BarWatch in vehicle to cover restaurants and other establishments serving the post-bar crowds." Similar systems are in use across the US, as we have discussed.

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