My concerns regarding lack of privacy.

Let's consider hypothetical man called Grandpa, an older gentleman in his early 60s. Resisting the urging of his grandkids, Grandpa just isn't into the social media online scene. He never signed up for accounts on Twitter, Facebook, SnapChat, etc. Preferring to live in the present, he never gave away his DNA to a genetic testing site.

Grandpa leads a quite life of retirement. He goes fishing. He buys toilet paper at Walmart using cash. Grandpa enjoys eating potluck lunches at the local Senior Club. He spends time with his grandkids. He has never been in jail; doesn't grow homeopathic weeds in his backyard. He has only had a few minor traffic tickets. Grandpa is a quiet person that values his privacy, and his peaceful quiet life.

Somewhere online are photos of Grandpa. Perhaps, the grandkids took the photos and posted them on their Facebook page along with Grandpa's name. Facebook now has included his face and name in its face recognition collection. If certain government or advertising agencies get that data, Walmart will be able to identify Grandpa by name & address, just by using the data and their video recordings, which will show that Grandpa paid $2.34 in cash to buy a roll of toilet paper at 2:03pm last Tuesday.

Grandpa never thought much of his sleazy family, and had lost track of all of them many decades ago. Somewhere in the world is a third cousin, Judy, who had married and divorced multiple times, changing her name and residence often. Grandpa had never met, or heard of Judy's existence in the world. Judy just killed her ex-husband, leaving her DNA at the scene.

Closer to home, Grandpa's youngest sister's grandchild sent DNA to 23&Me, along with a detailed family tree. Grandpa hadn't seen or talked to his great nice since she was three.

One day, the police quietly start stalking Grandpa. Grandpa is, after all, a murder suspect since his DNA was a close match to the DNA found at the crime scene and the DNA found on the 23&Me website. It is easy to steal Grandpa's DNA from a plastic fork thrown away at the city owned building where last week's Senior Lunch Fish Fry was held. Following Grandpa is easy, too. They know that he buys toilet paper at Walmart every Tuesday afternoon.

Most of the privacy law discussion mention that a person willingly gave away their privacy by signing user agreements on websites, mailing off their DNA, or posting personal information on the web. Grandpa did none of these things. He never signed a user agreement,. He never posted a fishing photo or a fried fish recipe. He never knowingly gave away his DNA.

In today's world, privacy is only an illusion.