Privacy commissioner, Canad at odds over security practice
1/16/2009 at 11:44 AM
This is in the news today.
I'm not a regular on the bar scene, but apparently Canad uses a machine that takes a photo of your ID when you enter the Roadhouse so that it can be compared against a "banned list" and help maintain security. After 31 days the photo data is destroyed.
The privacy commissioner has ordered Canad to stop the practice and destroy all data, which it will not do. As a result the case will be going to court.
According to the linked article below, the case came about from a complaint by a person in Brandon after she was uncomfortable with staff taking and recording her ID at the Roadhouse in April 2005.
What do people think? Is it a violation of privacy for the photos to be taken and stored for 31 days for this purpose, or should Canad be allowed so that they have a better chance of keeping the known bad apples out?
I'd just like to clarify that this is not a general "bash Canad" thread. I ask that we please keep opinions as being either in support or against the issue that's the topic of this thread. thx in advance.
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/manitoba/2009/01/16/8041186-sun.html