Does the Attorney General have the authority to request personal information on an individual's in-laws and other family members?

While this collection and retention of information may appear to be innocuous on its face, it is being gathered by the Department of Justice without the consent of the persons listed and without any readily justifiable regulatory purpose. "The proliferation of government and business records over which we have no control limits our ability to control our personal lives," especially for those unaware that these records even exist and unable to determine who has access to them. (White v. Davis (1975) 13 Cal.3d 757, 774-775, 120 Cal.Rptr. 94, 533 P.2d 222, quoting from statements in the state's 1972 election brochure by proponents of a constitutional right of privacy.) While it may be appropriate for the Attorney General to request personal information on one's nuclear family, we find it inappropriate with respect to one's in-laws and other family or former family members.