Fake ID Scanners – Truth or Myth?

Does the person operating the ID scanner know what to look for? An ID card scanner displays and records the data stored on a driver’s license, state ID or military ID. While this can help a bouncer weed out expired IDs and underage IDs, it doesn’t automatically detect fake IDs. An ID scanner is most […]
ID Reader: A Broad Term
Types of ID cards The term ID reader has many meanings. ID stands for Identification but there are many types of IDs such as driver’s licenses, student IDs, passports, national identification cards, medical insurance cards and membership cards. Each of these IDs uses different types of machine readable technologies. For instance, medical ID cards in […]
5 Things to Consider When Buying an ID Scanner
When a bar, casino, liquor store or convenience store decides to purchase an ID scanner to verify customers’ age, they must take into account some important factors to make sure they get the right product at the right price. Often times, a business purchases the wrong type of ID scanner and uses it inconsistently. In […]
Personal Information and ID Scanners
Here at TokenWorks, we are often asked about the issue of ID Scanners, privacy, and the personal information that is being read from driver licenses and ID cards. Is the scanned data being used for purposes other than verifying a person’s age? Is the data being saved? Businesses that sell age restricted goods such as […]
REAL ID Compliance In Effect for Michigan’s Driver’s License Design
To accommodate the REAL ID requirements put into effect October 1, 2020, Michigan residents are being issued new, REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses and state IDs. The new Michigan driver’s license and state ID cards feature a star in the upper corner, easily identifying them as REAL ID compliant: Current license holders are not required to […]
REAL ID Compliance Set For New Kansas Driver’s License Design
A new Kansas driver’s license design will comply with upcoming airport security requirements under the REAL ID Act. As with several states already rolling out new REAL ID compliant IDs, Kansas is following suit in order to have all cards successfully distributed by the deadline on September 30, 2020. Current cardholders are not required to […]
New Kansas Driver’s License Released for Airline Security Compliance
Kansas has released a new driver’s license design in order to help comply with upcoming airport security requirements under the REAL ID Act. With a deadline for compliance on September 30, 2020, many states are rolling out new driver’s licenses and federal IDs now in order for current license-holders to have the new designs by […]
TODAY – New, Secure Florida License and ID Design Revealed
Starting today, August 17, 2017, Florida residents will have increased security and clarity with a brand new driver’s license and state ID design. The REAL ID compliant new ID cards provide stronger fraud protection and clearer identification of cardholder license designations (such as a lifetime saltwater fishing license, being insulin dependent or an organ donor). […]
New Tennessee Driver’s License Aims to Combat Underage Drinking
In an effort to curb underage drinking, Tennessee has issued a new driver’s license for vehicle operators under the age of 21 that will be oriented vertically instead of the horizontal orientation that drivers of legal drinking age currently carry. The new cards will be disseminated by July 2018, and licenses of current license-holders of […]
TokenWorks Introduces First Point-of-Sale POS Retail ID Scanner with PC-Grade Performance
This is a press release from TokenWorks, originally published on PRWeb here. BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK (PRWEB) DECEMBER 12, 2016 TokenWorks’ new AgeVisor™ Touch ID Scanner shatters the price-performance barrier with a 7” touch screen display, large storage capacity, and power necessary for businesses serving age sensitive products/services like alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and gaming. Features that […]