In response to "Kroger Crime Family" and Oregon's new ID swipe law. Giving your ID to private companies to ab/used can be entirely avoided by carrying a Passport Card. Passport Cards display less personal information than a Driver License and contain no barcode that can be scanned. On the back is a unique number that points to your information in some federal database somewhere. The card itself does not hold this information, unlike a DL. If an employee wants to create a digital scan of your ID, that's a good time to read a printout of "18 U.S. Code § 701" which you keep in your wallet. Almost nobody will risk fooling with federal law, whether it's enforced or not. Of course, this means you must trust the federal government more than the random pimpled teen working at Kroger. For most people, I think it's an easy decision. > "18 U.S. Code § 701" > Whoever manufactures, sells, or possesses any badge, identification card, or other insignia, of the design prescribed by the head of any department or agency of the United States for use by any officer or employee thereof, or any colorable imitation thereof, or photographs, prints, or in any other manner makes or executes any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of any such badge, identification card, or other insignia, or any colorable imitation thereof, except as authorized under regulations made pursuant to law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.