I'm not ridiculing you, but I am curious if you guys that are worried about your data pay cash for everything? Otherwise, your efforts are for naught. I used to be concerned about my data, but eventually realized how hopeless it is.
Make a new barcode with only the name and birthday and stick it over the existing one. Or just have it return obscenities, i doubt it is verified anyway. If it scans, the register monkeys won't have a clue.
CMonkey, is not your SS number encoded in that info, also? SS numbers are included for licensing in Ohio, but you can request it not be displayed on the face of the card. But it is still encoded into the info strip and can be read by the popo and anybody with minimal software.
Also, were going to the high security license. No more creation at remote locations, they're all printed in one secure facility and mailed to the holder. If your license is similar, if its good enough to get you on a plane or across the Canadian border, it should be good enough on its face to serve as secure ID
**** 'em, find a beer specialty store (that will have a much better and more varied selection anyway)
Sigh...the information embedded in the barcode is the SAME information on the front of the DL. Not sure what the controversy is. Federal and State laws prevent their access to anything more...no SSN etc. The barcode is a convenience.
A classic Denny. Well done, sir.There are a lot of assumptions being made here. Does anyone actually know what is stored? As a person who has been charged with investigating various crimes that have occurred at grocery stores, I've seen some data collected from rewards cards and the like and it is useless in determining ownership, I've tried. Sometimes they might store a last name and maybe a year of birth and email. If information is stored, it typically is severely truncated. Many businesses don't want to be responsible for storing sensitive info.
Sigh...the information embedded in the barcode is the SAME information on the front of the DL. Not sure what the controversy is. Federal and State laws prevent their access to anything more...no SSN etc. The barcode is a convenience.
A classic Denny. Well done, sir.
Again, we are assuming what info is being stored. ALL the info you are referring to is address, height, weight, hair, eye. If the address is your concern, then you might as well get a PO Box address for your DL since it is prominently displayed on your DL.You're missing the point. There is a difference between visually reading and then manually keying in DOB from the front of a DL, and electronically bar-code scanning ALL of the embedded information in the DL, and electronically storing an unknown quantity of those data.
It sounds like we need to create a fake barcode sticker with bogus info just for use at these stores. This could be fun. Are there any legal reasons we can't apply a temporary sticker to the back of a DL?
Again, we are assuming what info is being stored. ALL the info you are referring to is address, height, weight, hair, eye. If the address is your concern, then you might as well get a PO Box address for your DL since it is prominently displayed on your DL.
The Kroger card is all about harvesting data for resale. Always has been.
For those who are concerned about personally identifying information, given that retail stores don't (as far as I know) publish a data privacy policy, how can such people assume anything other than that all scannable information is scanned and retained?
As for me: I'm pretty much already plugged into the Matrix, the ship has sailed, the horse is out of the barn, can't stop the signal. So, I don't much worry about it anymore. But for those trying to maintain what they believe to be a modicum of privacy, their concerns are valid.
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