“An easy way to get a trove of data about customers.”
Absolutely, and as a third party who has no right at all to that information. It is no different than hidden third party data gathering scripts on websites. A third party absolutely has no right to it and we should not be subjected to it at all.
More folks need to draw that line and refuse just like you did.
Worse, imho, is the more places that have your info because they “have to scan” your id, the more chances of your id info being hacked.
I was notified my personal info was exposed by some 3rd or 4th party medical service I never heard of nor dealt with. Not sure whih of my providers used them. Their solution was for me to freeze my credit info on the major credit score sites.
Well, hoopty-damn-do. I at least have a justification with a concrete example when I tell them no to a id scan...