The myth of DNA infallibility has another dimension: when the government warehouses DNA samples on a large scale (as we do in California), we increase the chances that innocent citizens migh... Read more
Indiana law enforcement officials could find it easier to fight crime if a national database holding DNA profiles of everyone born in the United States is created as the result of a U.S. Sup... Read more
You can ditch your computer and leave your cellphone at home, but you can’t escape your DNA. It belongs uniquely to you – and, increasingly, to the authorities. Countries around... Read more
The US Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Maryland’s law allowing law enforcement to collect DNA upon arrest and prior to conviction fails to protect the privacy of Americans’ DNA and is a ser... Read more
The Supreme Court will revisit the crossroad of privacy and evolving science later this month when it considers whether officials can take the DNA — without a warrant — of someon... Read more
A district court judge who is a world expert in forensic DNA has called for a public debate on the use of familial DNA testing, as police reveal they have now used the “last resort... Read more
Controversial plans to build a massive database that would be capable of storing every British citizen’s DNA records will be unveiled this week by the prime minister. David Cameron wil... Read more
On Nov. 1, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a startling — and unnecessary — opinion eroding DNA privacy for Ohio citizens. The court held that the Fourth Amendment does not protect... Read more
Supreme Court justices are to meet privately Friday to weigh whether they will hear a major genetic-privacy case testing whether authorities may take DNA samples from anybody arrested for a... Read more
With a few quick clicks, Mark Szczepanski uploads the file from his desktop to a simple, red-and-white web page. A few seconds later, a bar graphic turns green. If Szczepanski was a police o... Read more