The Alabama Driver's License [Alabama DL] contains a photo (digitally stored in state records), holograms and other anti-counterfeiting features, and a bar code on the back containing license information. The Ala. Dept. of Public Safety (the state agency responsible for issuing driver's licenses) tried to implement a rule requiring driver's to give their fingerprints back in 1997, but public outcry at the time scotched that plan. However, at this time they did add the bar code to the back--a feature that Alabama DL's had previously lacked.
Of course, the government gave assurances at the time that the only people scanning your license would be the police, and they could check your info anyway--this would just be a time saver. No merchant would ever scan your license. Well, it's six years later, and guess what!
Welcome to life in reality. Once the information is there, it will be used.
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