Testimony: Prohibiting Businesses from Scanning Drivers’ Licenses

HB 77-FN: prohibiting businesses from scanning individuals’ licenses when selling alcohol or tobacco products. Thank you for addressing this issue that threatens the public’s ability to protect against identity theft and other dangers associated with private identifying information.  Since delving into this issue, I have come across other threats to individual’s rights to keep themselves … Read more

New Legislation Could Claw Some of Your Privacy Back

Longtime readers may recall a pair of stories in 2023 regarding state laws and convenience stores scanning the barcodes on people’s driver’s licenses. The outlets had foregone looking at the front to confirm the age for cigarette and alcohol purchases, instead scanning the barcode on the back to pull in that and a pile of … Read more

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