Scanning IDs in BC bars

Advertising firm Google isn’t the only entity being criticised for scooping up private and personal information. “Despite a ruling by British Columbia’s Privacy Commissioner telling them not to, some bars are still collecting your personal information as part of the Bar Watch program,” said CTV , going on, “The bars insist that they are not defying the commissioner – just that their patrons’ safety has to come first.” The Victoria Bar and Cabaret Association, “initially said members would continue scanning IDs” because an earlier ruling applied only to the Vancouver nightclub where the complaint originated, says the Victoria Times Colonist . But Friday, “the association acceded to the privacy watchdog’s insistence the ruling applied to bars across the province,” it says, adding: “The nine bars in Victoria that installed the EnterSafe computer system to scan people’s IDs and take their photos before entering the establishment were not scanning IDs Friday night,” according to the bar association’s spokesman Scott Gurney.

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