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Database-State« Previous EntriesRecord increase in DNA databaseFriday, October 10th, 2008More than 722,000 samples were added to the National DNA Database last year - a record increase for one year. The database has samples from some 4m people and is the world's largest per head of population, the National Policing Improvement Agency said. Its report concluded that DNA was proving to be most helpful in solving crimes such as burglary. In 2006-7 more than 44,000 samples from crime scenes had matched suspects' ... tagged Database-State and UK-NewsExpanded DNA testing threatens innocentWednesday, October 1st, 2008By LONNIE RANDOLPH | In early July, Gov. Mark Sanford vetoed a bill that would have required the state to collect DNA samples from people simply arrested for — but not convicted of — felonies and certain other crimes, and add their DNA profiles to state and national databases. The NAACP could not have agreed more with the veto. As Gov. Sanford pointed out in his veto letter, fewer than half ... tagged Database-State and USA-NewsDNA contract reveals plan to probe offenders’ familiesTuesday, September 23rd, 2008Now you see it, now you don't: A proposed $300,000 contract between Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and a British DNA lab provided for software that would help track down criminals by identifying their relatives. The method, called "familial searching," is rarely used in the United States because of privacy concerns, although California Attorney General Jerry Brown has said he would consider opening the state database to such searches on ... tagged Database-State and USA-NewsDNA database details of children ’should be deleted’Friday, September 19th, 2008By Mark Hookham | Lancashire Police should delete the DNA records of around 4,000 youngsters held on a computer database, the Liberal Democrats have demanded. Delegates at the party's Bournemouth conference overwhelmingly backed a motion to strip out the samples of all under-16s, unless they have been convicted of a violent or sexual offence. Under current laws, samples can be taken and recorded from youngsters who have been arrested for any ... tagged Database-State and UK-NewsDNA Testing Expands to Lesser CrimesTuesday, September 9th, 2008By Dan Morse | While unusual, here is a crime as alleged by Montgomery County police that joins the list of things harder to get away with in the era of DNA evidence: Man walks into a Starbucks, says he wants to apply for a job. He's given an application and a complimentary cup of coffee. Minutes later, he walks around the ... tagged Database-StateGroups protest DNA collection lawFriday, September 5th, 2008By Laura Smitherman | The Legislative Black Caucus and civil rights activists criticized yesterday Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan for implementing a new program for collecting DNA samples from crime suspects, accusing the administration of turning its back on hard-fought compromises for safeguards and oversight. O'Malley made the DNA bill one of his priorities this year and worked hard to win passage of the legislation ... tagged Database-State and USA-NewsFrance marches online to protest ’security’ databaseFriday, September 5th, 2008Personal privacy is, of course, a major issue these days, particularly when it comes to authorities gathering data in schemes such as the UK's proposed identity card program or France's Edvidge electronic database. Edvidge, the French government's new repository of information aimed at keeping an eye on citizens who it deems merit surveillance, is currently drawing mass protests two months after it was signed into law. Kids too Among other things, it ... tagged Database-State and World-NewsBig brother, big bother?Thursday, September 4th, 2008Is the proposed Communications Data Bill a step too far for the British way of life? Timothy Pitt-Payne reports By Timothy Pitt-Payne | On 15 July this year, the Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, published his annual report. At the launch of the report he commented on the Government’s proposed Communications Data Bill. Referring to media suggestions that the Bill would make provision for a massive government database holding details of everyone’s ... tagged Database-StateDNA databases shut after identities compromisedThursday, September 4th, 2008Nature | Several DNA databases run by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, the Wellcome Trust in London and the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, were closed to public access last week after researchers showed it is possible to extract the supposedly confidential identities of the patients involved. The databases list the frequencies of small DNA variations called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from ... tagged Database-State40,000 innocent children on police DNA filesSaturday, August 16th, 2008Yorkshire Post | The national DNA database contains the profiles of almost 40,000 innocent children, the Home Office has admitted. Junior Minister Meg Hillier said the profiles of an estimated 39,095 10 to 17-year-olds who "had not been convicted, cautioned, received a final warning/reprimand and had no charge pending against them" were on the database. Opposition parties said it was evidence the Government was building a national ... tagged Database-StateWhy DNA databases are doomedFriday, August 8th, 2008By Glyn Moody | I've been against DNA databases for years, but I've always felt that the generic arguments I've been using were a little pallid, shall we say. And now, in what amounts to almost a throwaway comment, the wonderful Reg gives me what I've been looking for: Although police are keen to bang the drum for cases where DNA evidence has proved vital, there are obvious ... tagged Database-StatePolice chief calls for universal DNA databaseThursday, August 7th, 2008By Auslan Cramb | Stephen House, Chief Constable of Strathclyde, said that storing the genetic profiles of every man, woman and child would help catch more criminals. He also called for Scotland to adopt the English DNA system that allows the profiles of suspects to be kept even if they are not charged with any wrongdoing. Police in Scotland have to destroy the DNA records of innocent people but can keep ... tagged Database-StateInfosecurity adviser says there are greater intrusions to fear than the DNA databaseThursday, August 7th, 2008Mike Barwise, from Infosecurity Adviser, the online forum run by the Infosecurity Europe team, has revealed he is less concerned about the privacy issues that the National DNA Database creates than other planned government files. "The media seems preoccupied at the moment about people's DNA being stored centrally, but the reality is that the database is really a one-dimensional invasion of citizen's privacy," he said. "Two-dimensional databases, such as the planned telecommunications ... tagged Database-State and UK-NewsMP accuses Government of building DNA database by stealthTuesday, August 5th, 2008By Shahid Naqvi | A Tory MP whose Black Country uncle was murdered more than a year ago has accused the Government of creating a “DNA database by stealth” after police failed to return his genetic details taken during the investigation. Greg Hands, MP for Hammersmith and Fulham, allowed detectives with West Midlands Police to take his fingerprints and swabs after widower Les Ince was found stabbed to death with a ... tagged Database-StateDNA database ‘criminalises’ the innocentThursday, July 31st, 2008By Andrea-Marie Vassou | The DNA profiles of people who have committed no crime should be removed from the national DNA database (NDNAD), a report has said. The Citizens’ Inquiry report, overseen by the Human Genetics Commission (HGC), also said that the length of time that the DNA of people who have committed an offence should remain on the database "should be ... tagged Database-State and UK-News« Previous Entries |
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