Big Brother DNA Database is Illegal, Rules EU Court
By Mike Adams, December 4, 2008 | Key concepts: DNA, Civil rights and Privacy
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A verdict by the European Court of Human Rights says that EU law enforcement officials can no longer store the DNA taken from people who are cleared of wrongdoing. Police had been swabbing DNA samples virtually everyone they arrested, then storing the samples in a national DNA database for future use.
The decision means that 860,000 people whose DNA has already been stored in the Big Brother database will now have their DNA records cleared (at least, if the police actually decide to follow the law, which is always questionable...).
Both EU and U.S. governments have been pushing towards building a national (or global) DNA database of all citizens, including those who had never committed any crimes. The DNA could then be saved and held for some sinister future purpose, such as analyzing the genes for possible defects, then mandating the sterilization of citizens who had such defects (eugenics, anyone?).
But this new court decision has handed EU citizens a small reprieve from the encroachment of Big Government. For now, at least, the DNA of innocent civilians will be safe from prying government eyes.
From Dailymail.co.: The national DNA database was thrown into turmoil after a court severely criticised the policy of holding samples of people absolved of any crime.... more
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