The commissioner emphasizes that cannabis purchasers take care not to provide more personal information that is necessary to retailers, noting that consumers may be required to show identification in order to verify age.
The privacy commissioner also advises that consumers avoid conducting transactions using credit cards as such involve the collection of the credit card number and cardholder’s name. Instead, the commissioner encourages Canadians to consider using cash to conduct cannabis-related purchases.
Mati Greenspan, a market analyst for Etoro, took to Twitter to react to the privacy commissioner’s document, predicting that the government’s criticisms of the mainstream electronic payment infrastructure will likely boost the adoption of privacy coins among Canadian citizens.