Digital rights group Fight for the Future is demanding that three Castro gay bars remove Patronscan’s Guard+ technology, which screens customers at entry. The technology captures photos and personal data, including name, age, zip code, and gender, and offers access to shared private databases of blacklisted patrons. While Patronscan claims its system is not facial recognition and doesn’t use biometrics, the group argues that collecting photographs constitutes biometric data. Concerns are amplified by Patronscan’s past settlement of a class-action lawsuit in Illinois for allegedly violating biometric privacy laws. The bars using the technology maintain it enhances safety, despite community backlash and activist efforts to prevent surveillance in queer spaces.