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'Devious Defecator' case is a landmark for US genetic-privacy law
- s73v3r 11y agoAs the case shows, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever that a company should be allowed to compel an employee to surrender their genetic material.
- krallja 11y agoFrom the article: "The law does include limited exemptions, however. Forensic laboratories can ask workers for their DNA to check that employees' genetic material does not contaminate the genetic samples that they analyse."
- dimino 11y agoShouldn't the company (Atlas) have just left it up to the police? That is, filed a police report and let the cops investigate the poo?
- mercurial 11y ago"I'll put my best people on it right away".
- gooseus 11y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9CynvMlFyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9CynvMlFyo I couldn't resist
- raverbashing 11y agoOr, you know, security cameras
- cjensen 11y agoWhat law was violated? You can be fired for doing something that does not break a law. Police are restricted to investigating cases where a law is broken.
- AaronFriel 11y agoI'm not a lawyer, but a few come to mind. Vandalism, destruction of property? Employees don't have free reign to... ahem, defecate where they please at work just by virtue of being an employee.
- mtrpcic 11y agoIt would almost certainly constitute Indecent Exposure, and possible Sexual Assault depending on who witnessed and various pieces of context.
- dimino 11y agoA person can't just poo anywhere they please! I really hope there's a law against pooing in non-lavatorial places.
- jamessb 11y agoIn the UK, Damian Ayles was convicted for defecating on his neighbour's doorstep (as well as posting the faeces through a letterbox and smearing it on a car). He was ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work and pay £350 in compensation and £85 costs: http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/25/phantom-dumper-caught-pooing-on-familys-doorstep-5119643/ http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/25/phantom-dumper-caught-pooing-o... Apparently there was both DNA and CCTV evidence in the case.
- kweinber 11y agoI thought the article was going to be about the new Ubuntu release.... what a dissapointment!
- meatysnapper 11y agoSounds like the mysterious case of the "Twitter Shitter". There were a series of serial shower poopings that happened at Twitter several years ago. The perpetrator(s?) were never caught.
- justonepost 11y agoWatch Gattaca in case this is confusing.
- apkostka 11y agoOne of the plaintiffs is Dennis Reynolds. "The Gang Finds Poop in the Bar"
- JasonFruit 11y agoThe judge in the case, Amy Totenberg, is the sister of the journalist Nina Totenberg, both of whom are daughters of the remarkable violinist Roman Totenberg. What an illustrious family!
- jessaustin 11y agoThe case, nicknamed the 'mystery of the devious defecator' by US district court judge Amy Totenberg... She must be a Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys fan.