Texas obviously isn’t one of those states. In probably a good 3/4 or more of the state a unicard (google it) is required to drink, and one of the requirements to get a unicard is your driver’s license number on file. It’s been that way for a good 15-20 years, and so far, there haven’t been any huge lawsuits.
We aren't in Texas (Yet) but it really doesn't matter. Low level employees making $7-$15 an hour will steal from time to time anyway they can. Whether it be from a customer or employer they don't care. Most incidents are small because people at the store simply do not have the technical know-how to extract large amounts of data. It happens though, enough so that all merchants now at Tier 1 or 2 for credit/debit cards are required to comply with strict security procedures (PCI Compliance). The unicard is a voluntary system so if you want to do it, I don't see the harm. Requiring it though is stupid.
I will simply say this: you are far too trusting of information to low skill labor employees.
Fortunately, either that isn’t the case in Houston, or I’m too old-looking to even have heard about it.
That 3/4 of Texas must not include Houston.