Can a tanning salon business scan your fingerprint to make sure the monthly members are not letting their friends or family use their membership?
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Can a tanning salon business scan your fingerprint to make sure the monthly members are not letting their friends or family use their membership?
Asked on October 26, 2012 under Business Law, Michigan
Answers:
B.H.F., Member, Texas State Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Businesses can use any measures to insure security or prevent fraud as long as they don't violate any state or federal laws. Requiring a fingerprint scan is a permissible means for accomplishing either objective. Many businesses now require a fingerprint impression on checks. Other businesses require a membership card with a picture ID in order for a member to enter. None of these techniques are an unreasonable invasion into a person's privacy.... but most importantly, they are all contractually agreed to. As long as a person is willing to submit to the fingerprint scan in order to gain admission to a facility, then the business can require it. If the consumer does not like the scanning requirement, then their remedy is to break the contract and discontinue going to the tanning salon business and find one that has less restrictive requirements.
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