I`m worried about security once my ID is scanned. What obligations do businesses have?

Businesses have to:

• keep personal information, such as your scanned ID, securely
• destroy or permanently de-identify information when it is no longer necessary for the purpose it was collected for.

This answer is a summary only.

For more details, see our ID scanning information sheets:

• Information Sheet (Private Sector) 30 - 2010: ID scanning in clubs and pubs
• Information Sheet (Private Sector) 20 - 2007: Scanning 'Proof of Identity' Documents

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