Patronscan
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Patronscan is an American company that some night clubs require all visitors to have their ID scanned by, which is then uploaded into a shared database. It also captures your photo and performs facial recognition. Widely used in Brighton, where the local government strongly pressures venues into adopting it, though places in London also do this. Identities of customers and logs of their entries may be automatically shared with police. (source)
See Restaurants and Bars for our name-and-shame list.
In the news
- ID scan scheme for Brighton nightclubs
- Brighton and Hove defeats pub’s challenge to ID scanner condition
- No ID, No Entry. Brixton clubs demanding Photo ID and ID scans as a condition of entry
- Concerns grow over the rise of compulsory ID scanning in pubs, clubs and venues
See also
- "Data", a video by Philosophy Tube about ID scanners