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> So my question is what leg does the EFF stand on when making this complaint? The honorable Carol Yaggy, trial judge for the superior court of San Francisco.
by bmelton 11y ago
> So my question is what leg does the EFF stand on when making this complaint?
The honorable Carol Yaggy, trial judge for the superior court of San Francisco.
http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/revpub/A125542M.PDF http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/revpub/A125542M.PDF
If indeed DNA is being collected at birth, without consent, the EFF would have similar grounds to object to that. If an act is against the law, it doesn't matter that the state is breaking that same law in another instance. Breaking the law twice doesn't validate it, or, as my first grade teacher Mrs. Thompson might have said, two wrongs don't make a right.
- mc32 11y agoIt does and people are aware. It's offered as screening for diseases, etc. Few parents opt out. Fingerprints are also collected at DMV, they should look into that, afaik, there is no opt out, except not getting an ID.