Finally there is a limit to the amount of personal information that can be required by retailers when completing a transaction..... need to know only....
Furniture chain ordered to stop collecting driver infoLast Updated:
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 | 1:04 PM MT
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A national furniture chain is no longer allowed to collect numbers from driver's licences and licence plates when customers pick up merchandise at its stores in Alberta, according to a ruling released Wednesday by the province's information and privacy commissioner.
Leon's Furniture has also been ordered to destroy driver's licence and plate information it has collected from other customers for the same reason.
The ruling stems from a complaint by a woman who went to a Leon's Furniture store in Calgary to pick up furniture for her daughter in January 2007.
The daughter had ordered the furniture, and paid deposit the previous month. At the time of purchase, the younger woman indicated her mother would be picking up the item when it arrived.
When the woman asked why she had to provide the information, she was told it was store policy.
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