How much of our personal information are we willing to give up for a few dollars of savings?

[Blackhatjack]

The more personal information a government has on its people the more power it may exert over them.

If the government is prohibited by law from obtaining personal information on its people, that same information can often be gathered by 'private enterprise' and made available to the government for a price.

If people are willing to exchange their personal information for a few dollars in savings from a private enterprise have the people agreed to give that information to the government for it to use in any way it sees fit?

These are questions we must all seriously consider. Do we take our right to maintain our private information seriously?

Will we object when national id cards are issued for us, and all our actions are tracked by the government? It is something to think about today....

[The Vinyl Ripper]

1. For most Americans...

All of it.

I mean we already allow our employers to check our blood chemistry to make sure we believe the government lies about "drugs".

There really is no "next step", we are already there..

[Blackhatjack]

2. DNA testing is the next big battle --and how may employers/insurers use that information?

People have lost a lot of skepticism over the government acting in their best self-interest.

People who have a family history or are predisposed to develop a certain illness may find themselves being the targets of discrimination on many levels. Possibly denied employment, unable to obtain life insurance and medical insurance, etc.

And if you allow your physician to take a blood sample to check for a specific disease or condition does the insurance company have a right to review all the information contained in the lab report and make insuring decisions on that information? And pass that information on to a medical information clearinghouse for other insurers to review?

[The Vinyl Ripper]

4. It won't be a battle..

Americans will lie down for DNA testing too..

Otherwise I agree with you completely.

[The2ndWheel]

3. It's the price we pay for centralization

It comes with an opt-out, one size fits all, type of world we're creating/being created for us(still not sure which one applies). Then for the system to grow, you must have less choice. You can opt-out of anything, but you pay a price to do so(money, jail, etc). You don't have to have a credit history, but as we go, if you don't(even if it's a horrible credit history), there will be less and less that you can do. You don't have to pay your taxes because you don't want to fund the war(and future wars), but if you get caught, you're paying one way or another.

As long as we keep going this way, at some point, the question of whether or not to give up your personal information won't be able to be asked. It won't even register on the radar. You'll show up on the radar because you've been registered, but we won't even think twice about it. Since everything will be owned by either a corporation or a government, you won't be able to exist otherwise.