{"id":926,"date":"2008-02-25T23:47:37","date_gmt":"2008-02-26T07:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=926"},"modified":"2008-02-26T12:29:01","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T20:29:01","slug":"booze-and-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/?p=926","title":{"rendered":"Booze and Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let's\u00a0turn to New Zealand's Identity and Privacy\u00a0Blog<\/a> for the latest in… news about Canada:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s interesting to see how booze seems to bring up great questions of identity and privacy. Or maybe it\u2019s just the Canadians?<\/p>\n

Canadian Dick Hardt uses buying booze as an example in his famous Identity 2.0 presentation<\/font><\/a> and makes very interesting points about using ID, such as a drivers licence, to buy booze.<\/p>\n

Now comes another angle from Canada involving booze: if your ID is scanned when entering a bar, would that make you behave? That was one of the issues at the heart of a case decided<\/font><\/a> by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta.<\/p>\n

The Tantra Nightclub in Calgary had a practice of scanning driver licences before allowing people in. Clearly it is collecting and storing personal information as it includes an individual\u2019s photograph, license number, birth date, address, and bar codes with embedded information unique to the individual driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

The club says<\/font><\/a> that \u201cWe\u2019ve got hard data that it works, we that says crime and violence is down in our venues by over 77%.\u201d On the other hand, the Information and Privacy Commissioner described ID scanning as a deterrent to violent behaviour \u201cconjecture\u201d not backed up by hard data and ordered the club to stop the practice.<\/p>\n

In terms of consent, the only thing that the complainant agreed to was the club confirming his date of birth off the licence.<\/p>\n

This is precisely the kind of situation that the Laws of Identity<\/font><\/a> frowns upon in digital identity systems, in particular User Control and Consent; Minimal Disclosure for a Constrained Use; and Directed Identity. And another example of unjustified expectations from ID cards that knowing a person\u2019s identity somehow magically solves most societal problems.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow.\u00a0 You have to love this nightclub chain.<\/p>\n

The owner is\u00a0apparently bitter.\u00a0\u00a0But he could get around\u00a0these problems if\u00a0he would just change\u00a0the club's\u00a0name to something more fitting.\u00a0\u00a0How about\u00a0the Mein Kampf Eagle Lounge?\u00a0 Then having a\u00a0functionary\u00a0scanning\u00a0“your papers” would just be part of the show – justifiable by any measure.<\/p>\n

The whole report<\/a> is worth a read, but this argument by Tantra management really stands out:<\/p>\n

“The SC System [SecureClub ID\u00a0System – Kim], as part of the overall comprehensive security system,\u00a0is intended to act as a deterrent to potential wrongdoers in that all patrons know that their identification is scanned and that therefore they could easily be identified if they were involved in any violent or illegal activity. It is submitted that potential wrongdoers would be less likely to engage in violent or other illegal behaviour if their ability to remain anonymous was removed. It is further submitted that the SC system removes the anonymity of potential wrongdoers, and is therefore one effective component of an effective overall comprehensive security system.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hey, come to think of it,\u00a0we should all have our papers scanned wherever we go, day and night!<\/p>\n

Gee, maybe it's that Canadian thing, but it all makes me want to go for a beer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking for a night club? Tantra is a celebration of life's pleasures, it is all about open minds and heightened pleasures and, uh, privacy invasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,3,40,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}