Hot on the heels of the Canadian Privacy Commissioner's attack on fingerprint biometrics for medical school applicants comes word that Alaska is contemplating:
Bill (SB 190) from Alaska State Sen. Bill Wielechowski (D-District J) mandates that "A person may not retain or analyse, or disclose or distribute to another person, biometric information on an individual without first obtaining the informed and written consent of the individual" (Law enforcement and other parties authorised by state or federal law would be excluded).
The text of the bill is available here.
It seems like the bill is primarily concerned with DNA. If the bill limited itself to the restriction of DNA analysis, it would make more sense.
