Bars comply with no-ID scanning order
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By Roszan Holmen - Saanich News
Published: July 28, 2009 3:00 PM
Updated: July 28, 2009 3:48 PM
Updated: July 28, 2009 3:48 PM
Anybody heading to the bar this weekend won't have to submit their IDs for scanning upon entry.
Last week, several bars decided to continue scanning IDs despite a recent ruling against the technology by B.C. privacy commissioner David Loukidelis.
Upon learning of their resolve, Loukidelis issued a warning to non-compliant bars:
“Some folks seem to think it’s business as usual, that they don’t need to get on side with BC’s privacy law," he wrote in a press release.
Scott Gurney, spokesperson for the Victoria Bar and Cabaret Association, confirmed that bars will stop using the Treoscope scanning devices until further notice.
rholmen@saanichnews.com
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