Age Validation Regulations and Penalties for Gambling and Betting

Aug 10, 2018 | Legal

Age Validation is important for casino, convenience stores and other sellers of age-restricted gambling and betting products, including Lottery and Keno tickets as well as horse-racing and more. We’ve found a good resource for understanding each state’s...

New Jersey Drivers License Swipe Law

Apr 12, 2018 | Legal, Privacy

New Jersey passed the Personal Information and Privacy Protection Act (S-1913) on July 21, 2017.New Jersey’s law generally aligns with about a third of other states that have such laws, limiting the purposes and type of information a retailer may scan and retain from...

ID Scanner Privacy Laws in Canada

Jan 27, 2018 | Legal, Privacy

Canada has tougher privacy laws than the US and ID Scanners are legal if used in the following manner.   The Canadian federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act says “The identified purposes should be specified at or before the time of...

New Hampshire Privacy Law

Aug 28, 2017 | Legal, Privacy

  New Hampshire law seems to allow Pawnbrokers to use ID Scanners, but all others need authorization from the department of motor vehicles.   See section X below.   If anyone is aware of another regulation which grants authorization to those selling age sensitive...

Arizona Affirmative Defense ID Scanner

Aug 28, 2017 | Legal

Arizona Affirmative Defense ID Scanner 4/15/2020 Arizona affirmative defense for serving liquor to a minor. Arizona legislation seems to provide an ID Scanner Affirmative Defense to merchants who mistakenly serve liquor to a minor by describing “..an electronic file...

Utah ID Scanner Law

Aug 26, 2017 | Legal, Privacy

Utah ID Scanner Law Utah Mandates and Regulates use of ID Scanners in Clubs In March of 2010, Utah was the first state to mandate the use of ID Scanners.  (See Link at the bottom for the entire act) Utah Code Title 32B Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Chapter 1...

Legislation in West Virginia

Aug 26, 2017 | Legal, Privacy

West Virginia ID Scanner Law Affirmative Defense and Privacy 4/17/2020 (See Link at the bottom for the entire act) WEST   VIRGINIA   CODE  11-16-18.   Unlawful acts   of licensees; criminal   penalties. A licensee, who: (i) Has installed a transaction scan device in...

Pennsylvania Affirmative Defense Statute

Aug 2, 2017 | Legal, Privacy

Transaction Scan Device provides ability to save employees from prosecution for serving minor 4/17/2020 (See Link at the bottom for the entire act) Pennsylvania Statutes Title 47 P.S. Liquor § 4-495. Identification cards; licensees and state liquor store employees...

PA Affirmative Defense – Liquor Control Board Case

Aug 2, 2017 | Legal

Affirmative Defense from PA Liquor Control Board Case regarding Fake ID – see page five of the ruling.  PA-liquor-control-affirmative-defence-07-0686A In this case, the merchant had a scanner, but the minor presented a Fake Maryland ID, which has a barcode but...

Hawaii ID Scanner Law

Apr 19, 2017 | Legal, Privacy

Hawaii Drivers License ID Scanning Legislation Regulates use of ID Scanners and retention of scanned Data On June 28, 2012 – Hawaii passed a law regulating how IDs are scanned.  Hawaii allows scanning ID and collecting data from drivers licenses and ID cards for...

Oregon ID Scanner Privacy Law

Mar 11, 2014 | Legal, Privacy

Oregon ID Scanner Privacy Law – House Bill 2371 4/17/2020 (See Link at the bottom for the entire act) AN ACT Relating to privacy of identification documents. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) Oregon...

Checking IDs Is Serious Part of Permit Business

Nov 22, 2013 | Legal, News

Legally Speaking by Marc Myers is a feature of the Ohio Tavern News. Reprinted from Ohio Tavern News January 20, 2004 issue. Once again in 2003, the most common citation issued to permit holders requiring them to appear before the Liquor Control Commission was for...