Cybercat
Dan Abel wrote:
> I live in the US, and I don't know if my fingerprints are on file,
> but I know that a whole lot of organizations take them. Maybe they
> just check them to see if you have a criminal record, or maybe they
> file them, I don't know. In California, anyone who works for the
> state has their fingerprints taken. Anyone who works in the schools,
> even in a temporary or volunteer position, has their's taken. And
> when I got my driver's license renewed, they took my thumb print,
> electronically.
Even Disney World takes one! I've never been fingerprinted for a
job except for when I needed to be bonded as a bank teller. I
don't find the idea of being fingerprinted as a matter of course
very appealing. What's next, DNA? I guess a lot more crimes
would be solved.
nancy
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