Message To Vancouver’s Bar Owners
“An organization must not, as a condition of supplying a product or service, require an individual to consent to the collection, use or disclosure of personal information beyond what is necessary to provide the product or service.”
“Individuals who violate the Personal Information and Privacy Act are liable to fines of up to $10,000, and companies can be fined up to $100,000.”
In Vancouver, you need to have you ID scanned into a BarWatch program before they allow you in. The process was probably designed to catch underage drinkers and troublemakers.
Someone decided it would be great to build a database. What other things they may be using the data for is anyone’s guess.
Maybe next they’ll address the practice of businesses asking for our health care number? This is an even worse invasion of privacy, and I have never been able to understand why someone like a cable company or utility would need my health care number.
Freedom is on the horizon.
