7-Eleven stores begin driver’s license scans

April 16th, 2012, 6:04 pm
by Lisa Liddane, retail reporter

Minors attempting to buy age-restricted items at 7-Eleven are going to face a technological barrier at the cashier’s counter beginning today. 7-Eleven has rolled out a new technology at all 1,600 7-Eleven stores in California that will scan the 2D code on the back of a customer’s driver license or identification card when customers are buying age-restricted products such as alcohol and tobacco. This scan will verify the birth date stored on the card and the validity of the ID, but will not store any other information about the customer, according to a statement from 7-Eleven.

About 6.9 percent of minors ages 12 to 17 in California smoke cigarettes and other forms of tobacco, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The range across all states is 6.5 percent to 15.9 percent.

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