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BC Privacy Commissioner Rules on TreoScope ID Scanning System

The BC Privacy Commissioner issued a long awaited order regarding the use of the TreoScope system today, finding that while collecting information to keep troublemakers out of bars and clubs is a worthy objective, the method of collection currently used by the Wild Coyote Club and the TreoScope system “does not comply with PIPA”, BC’s Personal Information Protection Act.

I’ll write a more detailed post on the decision tomorrow, but for now, here’s the Commissioner’s press release (PDF) and the text of the decision (PDF).

TreoScope Technologies has not commented on the decision.