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ID Scanners Can Change How Your Local Bar Treats You—and Whether It Lets You In.
Patronscan can help bar owners decide you are too risky for admission
Hayley Tsukayama, Electronic Frontier Foundation A spokesperson for Patronscan, Marko Mlikotin, pointed to the benefits to bars of preventing violent incidents, which make patrons “less likely to return” and can lead “to bankruptcy and urban decay” by undermining the “economic activity, jobs, and tax revenue” of “strong and vibrant entertainment districts.” Tsukayama said this raises a number of questions, including whether Patronscan data can be used to track how often individual patrons go to bars and whether venue employees can access sensitive information such as addresses after they give back the physical ID. The company’s website recommends reaching out to the venue that banned that person to resolve the issue; if that doesn’t work, Patronscan offers an online form those affected can fill out to initiate an investigation, which it says will be responded to within 10 business days.
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