It can be difficult to see on a young, who would like to buy a pack of cigarettes is over the age of 18 years.
Therefore, the control should age limits be done automatically via the debit card, write The Co-operating Merchants in a press release.
‘Our map-proposal ensures that customers who try to purchase goods, as they are not old enough to automatically be denied their purchase of the box-the system,’ says købmændenes deputy director Claus Bøgelund Nielsen, in the press release.
‘the Stores will not receive data on either the customer’s name or age. Kassesystemet get only a yes or a no to whether the customer is old enough to buy items that have an age limit.’
As it is now, the stores, upon purchase of for example tobacco, alcohol, gambling and over the counter medicines, ask a customer for ID, if kassemedarbejderen are in doubt about the buyer’s age.
‘The human assessment fails too often, like some customers react negatively to butiksmedarbejderne, therefore, does not get asked so consistently, as they should,’ says Claus Bøgelund Nielsen.
the Assessment is therefore entirely left to the employee. And it can lead to young people under the age of 18 can get away from the store with the goods, they are too young to buy.
in Order to age verification on the debit card could be introduced, it requires that both the Nets and the banks saying ‘yes’ to the proposal. Banks must supply data to the Networks, who, for a fee must provide the solution for the retail industry.
But Finance of Denmark, the interest group for the country’s banks, does not believe that it is the right solution.
so says Michael Busk-Jepsen, there are digitaliseringsdirektør in the organization, according to Ritzau. He believes that it will still be possible to circumvent the rules, and that age verification will have a number of unfortunate consequences.
– The young people will continue to have the option to pay with cash and they can borrow debit card of other young people over the age of 18 years, which may increase the general risk of misuse of debit cards, when the cards and codes are available for loan, he says in a written comment.
Moreover, points to the director that such a solution would lead to less competition in the market for payments.
Finance Denmark believes that it must continue to be the stores responsibility to ensure that young people can’t buy alcohol or cigarettes, if they are not old enough.
– the Solution must continue to be that the young people must show id, and that the staff in the retail industry must ensure that it is correct. And if you are in any doubt – refuse the purchase, says Michael Busk-Jepsen.
