Skipping the line at Quebec’s La Ronde amusement park this summer won’t cost you an arm and a leg -- just a fingertip, and possibly your privacy.

The park recently instated a fingerprint scanning system that season pass holders can use in lieu of a photo identification card. The process takes all of nine seconds and will help clear the congestion at the entrance gates, says the park.

Jules Herbert, spokesperson for La Ronde, says patrons have nothing to worry about when it comes to their information staying secure.

“We're not selling the data to anybody, we're not giving data to anybody,” he said. “It's a basic algorithm that only our servers are going to use.”

But some say collecting data this personal is taking it too far. Tech analyst Carmi Levy said anybody claiming their data is kept completely secure shouldn’t be believed.

“There's no such thing as 100-per-cent security,” Levy said. “Just because they're using a so-called algorithm doesn't mean that this information can't be used to identify an individual.”

But others don’t think La Ronde’s new system is anything to be skittish about. Eric Talbot, the CEO of Quebec-based security company S.I.C. Biometrics, said the system employed by the park is rudimentary compared to the sophisticated fingerprint scanning his company does.

Since La Ronde’s machines only measure a few points on a print, the security applications would be minimal.

“On an image like this where you have 92,000 points and you just extract five, there's no concern to have,” he said. “Everybody can have fun at La Ronde.”

The park might still find themselves under the scrutiny of the Quebec privacy commission, however. Though they began using their machines last weekend, they’ve yet to submit the final paperwork.

“They have the application form to make a declaration form,” said privacy commission spokesperson Isabelle St-Pierre. “They have it in their hands, but we don't have the forms completed at the commission.”

For now, patrons will continue to have their prints scanned with the promise of their data staying secure. The park said those not renewing their passes will have their information wiped from the system at the end of the season, and that everything the park collects will stay on a local server.

And for those still concerned about their cyber safety -- there’s still the old-fashioned line-up.

With files from CTV Montreal's Aphrodite Salas