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Article #11232Re: Total garage - non payment and taking thumbprints....??
From: R. Mark Clayton
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 02:11
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 02:11
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"crofters" <crofterscan@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:aruh7j$q24$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk... > x-no-archive: yes > > (btw, I paid for my gas!) > > filling up today, i saw a small notice on the pump warning about having > means > to pay before drawing fuel etc, to tkae fuel without the intention to pay is theft. > and that they are instructed by local (sussex) police probably a lie (bluff) > to take your photo and thumbprint, should you not pay within an > agreed period. If you can't pay and promise to do so then I guess they may demand any reasonable means to subsequently identify you. > > wouldn't this be against some human rights, or privacy laws? thought only > the > police had authority to take prints, and only then when arrested, not > before... The plods can take prints (and DNA, but NOT photos) after arrest. OTOH if you take their petrol then you are bound by their terms and conditions if you don't immediately pay by legal tender. > > also, who holds the information, and for how long? someone could easily > forget a wallet, and get a police record! Dunno/ > > > > > > > >
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