Convenience store giant 7-Eleven criticized over ID-scanning policy
Global News reached out to 7-Eleven for a response to these concerns, but the company did not respond by the time this article was published. It did however send Spenard an email addressing his concerns.
In the email, obtained by Global News, a 7-Eleven spokesperson told him that the scanning is not mandatory and clerks have other options. He was also told not to worry about the data collected as “information is not held at store level.” Finally, as to why it was scanning in the first place, 7-Eleven told him “the Alberta government is conducting regulated tobacco shops in our stores, and since stores have the scan capabilities, they’re recommendations is to utilize this procedures .”Global News asked the provincial government body responsible for gaming and liquor in Alberta if it did indeed recommend this to 7-Eleven, but a spokesperson for AGLC said it was “not involved with this initiative.
“AGLC’s policy does require retailers to obtain valid identification and proof of age when a person appears to be under 25 years old, but does not outline how a retailer checks ID, only that it must,” the statement read.
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