Nope.
Never been caught.
I had no idea there were so many reasons people were fingerprinted. I only had it done when I was arrested.
Yep, several times at work, for security clearance to work on government contracts.
More times than I can remember. Military, government work, security clearances, police work.
Or getting something notarized.
Besides getting fingerprinted for some sort of child abduction paranoia thing in when I was a kid in the 80s, I was fingerprinted about five years ago when I volunteered at the municipal animal shelter. All volunteers had to go through the standard City of Chicago background check, and that included getting fingerprinted.
Wait, what? How common is this, or is this new? I was a notary about ten years back when I worked for a law office, and there was no fingerprinting involved. I’ve had several documents notarized, and no fingerprinting there, either.
When I was a kid, Mom had my sister and I printed in case of abduction. I think there was some sort of opt-in program run through the schools, though I was young enough that I don’t remember most of the details.
Much later, when I went into education, I was also fingerprinted as part of my background checks. Multiple times, actually, since apparently the results expire after some number of years.
They’re not doing it to verify that you’re you; they’re verifying that you’re not somebody else. They’re checking it against a database of criminal fingerprints. If you don’t match anyone in that database, then you’re fine, and don’t need to worry about it again. If you do match, of course, you (probably) wouldn’t have gotten the job (depending on just what the crime was that you matched).
EDIT: I think this might actually be the only way fingerprints are used by law enforcement. Some years ago, our house was broken into, and some things stolen. The police were able to get good fingerprints from a number of surfaces. We had a pretty good suspicion of who it was, and that person’s fingerprints would have been on file, as he had been previously arrested for other incidents. But the police told us that they weren’t actually allowed to check for a match between them, as that would be a violation of the suspect’s privacy.
Several times.
I know once was because I of where I worked, I had mug shots taken too. I might have had a detective trainee follow me as well.
I know it’s been done more than once, I suppose some other jobs required it.
Now I have my fingerprint on my phone. Not only to unlock the home screen but one of the banks I use lets me use my fingerprint for mobile banking - which is easier than remembering a password.
TSA pre-check. They don’t do it with ink anymore. Very clean and high tech
Also, decades ago, I think when I applied for admission to Washington state bar. I’m a bit fuzzy on whether that was the reason, but I can think of anything else I was doing then that would require printing.
I was in Japan two months ago, Narita airport, and I don’t think I was fingerprinted, but maybe I forgot. I do remember being fingerprinted in Cambodia this year, at the land border at Poi Pet, when departing…
I know that I’ve never been fingerprinted with ink – just the electronic reader.
Our last trip to Japan was three years ago, and we were definitely fingerprinted at the port of entry.
We’ll be in Cambodia in July. It’s been awhile, and they didn’t require fingerprinting the last time we were there.
I managed to go 40 years without being printed. I didn’t realize it was such a common occurrence. I feel so sheltered.
Numerous times. Deputy sheriff, jobs requiring secret clearances, etc., etc.
I’m a commercial pilot, and I’ve been printed a few times for background checks.
The last time a couple of years ago I was chatting with the tech and asked, “What do you do when you print a person who has more than five fingers on a hand?” (I actually know someone who has a remnant of a sixth finger)
She replied, “We make an annotation.”
I heard this as ‘amputation’ and looked suitably shocked. We were laughing so hard after clearing up the misunderstanding that people on line asked me what that was all about as I was leaving.
More agencies have my fingerprints than I can to count.
I kinda wonder about the circles you move in! If you never get arrested and don’t have a job requiring a background check, you don’t get printed. Only a very few people I know have ever been fingerprinted.
Well, two of the “circles” I “move in”:[ul]
[li]The Circle of Californians with a Driver License or ID card. We’re very exclusive. We only let in 8 million new members each year.[/li]
[li]The Circle of Americans with a Passport. A small, select cadre of about 110,000,000 people.[/li][/ul]
I’m pretty sure you can get a passport without fingerprints.
I was in the Navy and then I worked for the Navy as a civilian - 37 total years. I held security clearances, so I was fingerprinted several times. I think the last time was 12 years ago.