New California law enacted today?

[crustychief]

I just swung by my local convenience store to buy a bottle of wine for tomorrow. The clerk asked me for my ID even though I have bought from him many times in the past and we know each other. He said it is a new thing everywhere that to buy tobacco or cigarrets they have to scan your id. I gave him my retired military ID ( I know it won't scan) and he said it wouldn't work, he cannot manually put the information in. Has anyone else heard of this? I did not want to let him scan my drivers license.

[Fast Freddy 944]

KGB in its infancy...

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Homebrew man... homebrew.

[porsche930dude]

Doesnt sound abnormal. Here they scan driver license at walmart for buying spraypaint

[crustychief]

Lol, I have made my fair share. The reason I am asking is because it doesn't make sense to not be able to use a federally issued id card. I do not like sharing my address with anyone I don't have to. My military ID has a picture, my date of birth and my description, that should be a passable ID.

[Rick Lee]

I was in a bar in Germany about 10 years ago, went to buy a pack of smokes from the vending machine and it said to swipe my ID. Obviously, it didn't take my AZ DL. I asked a waiter and he swiped his national ID card and it worked. Don't think this won't eventually be used for insurance premium purposes.

[crustychief]

That is part of my thoughts. I am not worried about insurance but the Data collected could be used for any number of things.

[craigster59]

Walgreens here does it for beer sales.

[varmint]

Originally Posted by crustychief

That is part of my thoughts. I am not worried about insurance but the Data collected could be used for any number of things.

The liquor store would never sell the information that I drink to my insurance company, my employer or a private investigator hired by my ex wife.

[SCadaddle]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Walgreens here does it for beer sales.

Walgreens here does it for tobacco sales. So I bought elsewhere at the time, then called the State DMV and asked them "just exactly what information is included in the bar code on the back of my drivers license?" and they said they didn't know.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

I was in a bar in Germany about 10 years ago, went to buy a pack of smokes from the vending machine and it said to swipe my ID. Obviously, it didn't take my AZ DL. I asked a waiter and he swiped his national ID card and it worked. Don't think this won't eventually be used for insurance premium purposes.

Bingo.

Or as a term in your “social credit score” calculation.

Coming soon to a location near you!

[eastbay]

If you don't like that, have you tried to buy ammo for a gun you don't own in CA?

[crustychief]

I don't own any guns My oldest son is a policeman anyway...

[rusnak]

They probably just changed the "point-of-sale" cash register system.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by crustychief

That is part of my thoughts. I am not worried about insurance but the Data collected could be used for any number of things.

They call me a liberal over on PARF but I'm with you 100% on this one. Giving up any privacy for no good reason in the USA is just not right.

[pwd72s]

Keep in mind that...at the end...Winston realized that he really did love Big Brother.

[wdfifteen]

Walgreens in Ohio. No ID scan, no adult stuff. you have to go across the street to the gas station.

[island911]

[varmint]

Cash used to be the way around this crap. But if you have to hand over an ID anyway I don’t know what to do.

[Jeff Higgins]

I wonder if this is actually law, or if it is just the policy of the company with whom you were doing business.

Kinda sorta related, I found myself helping a buddy reinstall his motor in his '70 911 E a couple of weeks ago. We were doing it at one of those commercial car storage and garage places, where they have lifts and tools available to reserve. His car is stored there and he is a member. To gain access to the garage area, I had to show identification and sign a waiver, which was expected. It was one of those electronic signature things.

It asked first for my name to be typed in, then it asked for my email address, then my electronic signature. Huh? I asked the guy manning the counter why a waiver would require my email address. He said "because it won't let you get to the next screen if you don't put it in". No schitt Sherlock, I see that... but why do you need my email? I simply do not give it out unless I'm actually using it to communicate with someone. Fortunately, he was too disinterested to care what I typed into that space...