It’s similar technology used at airports by the Transportation Security Administration, which also says it doesn’t store the information. Vollmers said more retailers are using scanners to take away the possibility of human error. “We see nothing of the information from your license.” “We don’t see a name, we don’t see an age,” Vollmers said. It didn’t show any data of what was on the driver’s license. Once the license was scanned, the screen showed the transaction is allowed to proceed.
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Then, he scanned the bar code on the back of the drivers license. First, he scanned the cigarettes which prompted an age verification request on his register. Vollmers walked WCCO through the scanning process for buying a pack of cigarettes. “And, it tells us that you’re of legal age.” “We don’t store the store information,” said Chad Vollmers, store leader at the Bobby and Steve’s in Bloomington.
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