Related Politech message: "Texas police may order all businesses to collect fingerprints" http://www.politechbot.com/p-04013.html -Declan --- From: Anonymous User <anonymousat_private> To: declanat_private Subject: Colorado County to Require Fingerprints for All Check and Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 19:53:38 +0000 (UTC) From 9NEWS KUSA-TV, available online at: http://www.kusa.com/storyfull.asp?id=7112 Jeffco stores soon to require fingerprints for all check and credit card purchases by 9NEWS reporter Ginger Delgado, edited by Web Producer Paola Farer October 02, 2002 - 7:59 AM JEFFERSON COUNTY - You'll soon have to provide a fingerprint to go shopping in Jefferson County. Consumers using checks or credit cards will have to give their prints to merchants. It's a new tactic aimed at cracking down on identity theft and catching crooks who use fake IDs. Already, people cashing payroll checks at King Soopers have to give a fingerprint [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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