The Chicago Bulls requested NBA player Eddy Curry to provide his DNA sample for testing his genetic makeup before signing a one-year $5M contract with the Bulls. Curry’s lawyer Alan Milstein says this is an invasion to Curry’s privacy and the implication could go beyond the sports world. “Hand that information to an employer,” he said, “and imagine the implications. If the NBA were to get away with it, what about everyone else in this country looking for a job.” Read the whole story.

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