The process involves ID verification using a passport, driver's licence with photo-card and a utility bill.
The papers also said that a further 455, 000 customers who returned merchandise without receipts had personal data stolen - including driver's licence numbers.
Also inside one backpack was a California driver's licence with the name of William Nickerson but a picture of Nathan Hall, the complaint alleges.
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That technology works best with higher resolution images and a known photo, like a passport or driver's licence, with which to compare to the footage.
Aaron Williams, 25, told officials the strainer was a religious head covering and he had a right to wear it in his driver's licence photo.
He had already had his driver's licence suspended, authorities say.
In particular the US Department of Motor Vehicles has proved very leaky not least because federal law demands social security numbers, addresses and driver's licence information be publicly accessible.
Stephen Breyer, for example, fretted about the possible fate under the law of a jogger carrying only a driver's licence from New Mexico, a state that borders Arizona and used to issue licences to illegal immigrants.
Joseph Bruno, the state Senate majority leader, who has been at loggerheads with Mr Spitzer since the summer (Mr Spitzer's office accused Mr Bruno of abusing his aircraft privileges), says the policy change is unconstitutional and contradicts a federal act which requires, among other things, a valid Social Security number to get a driver's licence.
He was said to be a young, inexperienced driver with a clean driving licence, of good character and with no previous convictions.
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Driver Christopher Howson, who had no licence and was twice the legal alcohol limit at the time, admitted causing death by dangerous driving.
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Defence advocate Michael Moir said Housley had not been able to get a licence to work as a taxi driver.
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