Watch ID Scanner AutoFill QuickBooks new customer

Here is a first cut of a Video showing IDWedge ID Scanner with QuickBooks software.

IDWedge is a drivers license scanner product that Autofills forms on a PC.

In this demo, a signle scan of a drivers license creates a new customer in QuickBooks, autofills the name/address information from the drivers license, puts the date of birth from the drivers license in the fax phone number field and the drivers license number in the alternative contact field.  It then creates an invoice. 

And it take about 3 seconds to do this.  Watch the video to learn or visit www.driverslicensescanner.com or www.idwedge.com to purchase a unit. 

Download now or watch on posterous

IDwedge_IDScanner_QuickBooks_DriversLicenseScanner.mp4 (37982 KB)

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ID Scanner versus Age Calculator

Was browsing Web and just found an age calculator that claims to eliminate human error.  Basically you key in the date of birth from the front of the drivers license and the calculator displays the age.  While the unit is certainly inexpensive, I must challenge its claim of eliminating human error.  If a clerk either mis-keys the date of birth on the keypad (i.e. typo) or if mis-reads the date of birth (i.e. sees a "3" when its really an "8"), then the age calculator will give you the wrong age.  A better claim would be eliminate math errors but a real ID Scanner eliminates all these issues. 

ID Scanner is not "Magic Wand"

ID Scanner is not magic wand - read this article - details risks of using id scanner without thinking.  ID scanner is a tool, like UV lights and 10x magnifiers - used during ID Checking process.

Nebraska's new Law on ID Scanners

In April of 2010, Nebraska changed the law on the use of ID Scanners. Originally the law prevented the user or scanner from saving any data. Now the law allows for ID Scanner to save the ID number and/or the calculated age of ID presented. The scanner may not retain name or address information. So now the law gives the merchant some ability to substantiate or prove an ID was checked while still addressing privacy concerns of card holders.

Here is summary

....§60-4,111.01 requires that a sign be posted when ID scanning is done on the premises. The only information that may be kept is the Identification Number and age indicated on the Identification. YOU MAY NOT store names, dates of birth, addresses or physical descriptions.
Before purchasing any kind of age verification devise ensure that it can be modified to only collect the information allowed by law.
WARNING
• DO NOT KEEP OR STORE ANY INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM ANY IDENTIFICATION OTHER THAN THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OR THE AGE INDICATED ON THE IDENTIFICATION WITH A ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION CHECKING DEVICE - TO DO SO IS A CLASS IV FELONY IN NEBRASKA §60-4,111.01.

Click here summary provided by Nebraska Liquor Control Commission
http://www.idscanner.com/NE_60-4111.01.pdf
or the original http://www.lcc.ne.gov/pdfs/electronic%20age.pdf

Here is the original law
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=60-4,111.01

Utah Law ID Scanner Requirements

The Utah Department of Alcohol Beverage Control does not provide a list of approved ID Scanners or electronic age verification devices. Below is a summary of the requirements. The most unique aspect of Utah's new law is the requirement that data be deleted in seven (7) days or 168 hours. This section of the law appears to be a compromise between privacy concerns and the needs of merchants/law enforcement. The exact rule may be http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r081/r081-05.htm#T16 and is summarized below.

● An electronic age verification device:
a) must contain the technology to read a magnetic stripe and a two dimensional (“2d”) stack symbology (bar code), or an alternate technology capable of electronically verifying the proof of age; and
b) shall be capable of reading a valid state issued driver’s license, a valid state issued identification card, a valid military identification card, or a valid passport;
c) shall have a screen that displays no more than a person’s name, age, ID number, birth date, gender, ID status & expiration date; and
d) shall have the capability of electronically storing the name, age, ID number, birth date, gender, ID status & expiration date for seven days (168 hours) including the time and date the proof of age was scanned.
● If the proof of age cannot be scanned electronically, an alternative method of verifying an individual’s proof of age shall include a record or log showing the type, number, and expiration date of the ID; the date the ID was presented, the individual’s name and date of birth.
● Any data collected either electronically or otherwise, may only be used for the purpose of verifying an individual’s proof of age and may not be retained by the licensee in a data base for mailing, advertising, or promotional activity, to acquire personal information to make inappropriate personal contact with the individual, and shall be retained for a period of seven days from the date on which it was acquired, after which it must be deleted. The data collected may be acquired by law enforcement, or other investigative agencies.

Utah Law Requires ID Scanners for Age Verification

March 30, 2010

The Law allows private clubs to covert to a public club if they use an ID Scanner to check people who look younger than 35 years out.

Its an effort to make the state boost the state's $6 billion a year tourism industry and remove Utah's notoriously quirky liquor laws. Tourists in search of a beer and a bite to eat after hitting the ski slopes frequently walk out of bars once told they're for members only. A separate membership, costing at least $4, is required at every bar.

The new law will also allow restaurants to take down partitions known as "Zion Curtains" that separate bartenders from customers in restaurants. Currently, bartenders or servers must walk drinks around the bar before they're allowed to serve them.

The name "Zion Curtain" is a reference to the state's religious heritage as the home of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which tells its members to abstain from alcohol. The Mormon church counts about 60 percent of the state's population among its members

As part of a compromise, the state will impose tougher DUI and underage drinking penalties. Utah will also become the first state in the country to require bars to scan the ID of anyone who appears younger than 35 before being allowed to enter.

Information obtained through the ID scan, including name, age and address, will be kept on site for seven days so it can be accessed by law enforcement, despite concerns that keeping the information is a violation of privacy.

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