Privacy advocates are concerned that DNA could become the new Social Security number, reports U.S. News and World Report. The concern follows the U.S. Supreme Court decision this week in which the justices ruled law enforcement may collect DNA swabs from inside a person’s cheek upon arrest. New York University Law Prof. Erin Murphy said she’s concerned about the ruling’s vague wording, stating DNA can now be taken in case of “serious arrests” but is not excluded from being taken in lesser arrests. Privacy expert Julian Sanchez said the ruling means police could arrest you for speeding and then “DNA can be collected and put in a federal database.”
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