Ontario Finance Minister Cancels ID Upload Pilot Program at LCBO Stores

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Ontario Finance Minister Cancels ID Upload Pilot Program at LCBO Stores
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Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy has directed the LCBO to cancel a pilot program that would have required customers at northwestern Ontario stores to have their identification uploaded to a database before entering.

Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy has directed the LCBO to cancel a pilot program that would have required customers at northwestern Ontario stores to have their identification uploaded to a database before entering.

The LCBO announced the pilot project earlier this week, saying security guards would scan customers' IDs and start collecting their personal data at the controlled entrances of six stores in Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout and Kenora starting this spring.

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