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| - It's a shame that one of Madisons most fun spot has enacted a reckless data collection policy. When you first enter the club they face a camera at you and request that you look at the camera so that they can take your picture. If you question this policy (I.e. I asked why they do it, if my information is being protected, etc) you will be met with the complete intolerance and no explanation as to how specifically they are protecting your information. Upon further research, I found more information regarding data privacy rights in this situation and a night club's ability to protect our data.
"Technology lawyer Dai Davis of Percy Crow Davis & Co is wary, telling me that data protection laws are routinely flouted and notoriously unenforceable.
"To abide by data protection legislation, collection of data has to be proportionate and, in my view, I don't see how anyone can possibly justify keeping your passport details just because you want to enter a nightclub," Davis says. "Whether most nightclubs have the ability to secure data securely is highly doubtful"" (found at https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/qb5ppp/are-nightclubs-breaking-data-laws-by-storing-your-ids-and-fingerprints).
Unfortunately there is no option of opting out of this and if you do not wish to participate you will be denied entry to the club. In perspective, even the TSA offers alternate security measures if someone is uncomfortable, for example allowing pat downs rather than walk-throughs with their metal detectors if people do not feel comfortable doing so for any reason. You think that at a club you could be given the option to opt out of having a silly photo taken and enter the club through other means of reasonable security measures (bag search, analysis of demeanor, security guards, etc.)
Which brings into further question why this is being done at a club in Madison, Wisconsin when much larger and more dangerous cities do not enact such policies including Chicago, New York, Vegas, and Minneapolis (these are just the cities that I have personally never encountered this).
I feel regretful to have to leave a negative review of Liquid as I have had many great experiences and memories at the facility. Hopefully within the foreseeable future this will officially be deemed an illegal violation of our right to privacy and will no longer be an uncomfortable encounter for concert goers.
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