Comments on: Last Night a Door Guy Saved My Life (to a third party database)

By: Dallas

Dallas — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:25:52 +0000

Fresh,
At least grocery stores give away free turkeys every so often.

I agree with Raf as to how harried and hurried we were not to stop and refuse to let this meatsauce scan our IDs. I won’t be getting my ID scanned again for as long as I can help it. And that may not be very much longer.

By: fresh

fresh — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:38:38 +0000

I can’t speak for NY, but in NJ I believe they are legally allowed to use the data collected from scanned licenses for whatever purpose they choose. Liquor stores that have those scanning devices keep a sales history for each license. I’d imagine they use the data the same way grocery stores use the data from their “loyalty” cards.

I keep my license in the clear plastic window of my wallet so that I can always stop someone from scanning it. I’ve spent enough time working for companies that deal with consumer data to know that if you give out your information to enough people, it will be abused eventually.

By: Tahero

Tahero — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:13:58 +0000

Paranoia Is Reality On A Finer Scale.

By: rafi

rafi — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:14:43 +0000

Michele,

Right! Who knows what’s happening to all that juicy data.

I agree we should see what happens when we refuse to let them ID-scan at a bar next time. Though if you click on that last link in the post you’ll find the author refused service whenever he refused to let his ID be scanned.

The big picture question is does a bar’s inability to tell with perfect accuracy if a small number of people are using fake ID give them the right to impinge on everyone else’s privacy.

By: Michelé

Michelé — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:51:04 +0000

I too, was at Piano’s that same night where we ran into each other. I too, was suspect of the dude running my ID through the scanner but was too lazy to inquire about it. I don’t fully trust the club owner’s answer about using the scanner solely for spotting fake ID’s. Unless there’s a notice posted near the door dude stating so, there’s no telling what the club doing with the info, which is a potential gold mine. The next time I go, I’m curious what kind of reaction I’ll get when I refuse them to run my ID through the scanner. I’m clearly old enough to not need a fake ID so they shouldn’t have a problem with it but I wonder…