Steve Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Not very keen on this one, as it would only be of use if the person was not
new to the U.K, and the fact that I read that the records are to be
considered "Classified" and therefore exempt from that Data Protection Act.
Steve
Hmm big brother & id cards?
-----Original Message-----
From: Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 9:13 PM
Subject: L&I British official wants DNA databank
>Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>LONDON, May 5 (UPI) _ A senior British police officer is urging creation
>of a national data bank
>made up of a DNA sample from every person in Britain.
>
>Police Superintendents' Association President Peter Gammon issued a
>statement today saying such
>an official collection of samples could ``prevent a serial rapist
>committing more crime.''
>
>Gammon called on the British government to consider establishing the
>database as a way of swiftly
>identifying offenders.
>
>Gammon reports Britain also holds DNA information on more than a quarter
>of a million persons
>charged or convicted of offenses.
>
>And he noted ``when a DNA sample is taken from a crime scene'' there are
>matches found in the
>database in about 40 percent of the cases.
>
>Without a national data bank of every person, however, Gammon says
>considerable time is wasted
>collecting and studying samples from suspects after a crime.
>
>Gammon says it's ``time-consuming and can delay the progress of an
>investigation.''
>
>By his estimate, such a database could be put together in a matter of
>years, but he acknowledges it
>might cost more than $1 billion.
>
>Civil libertarians oppose the move.
>
>One pioneer in the DNA identification technology, British professor Alec
>Jeffries, warns against
>someone ``hacking into such a database and altering their entry, giving
>them the ultimate genetic alibi
>for any crime they might commit.''
>
>In France, the National Assembly continues to consider the proposal
>offered last October of
>creating a national file of genetic fingerprints of only sex offenders.
>
>French police note it was a DNA match last March that led to the arrest
>of the high-profile accused
>serial killer Guy Georges, known as the ``Beast of Bastille.''
>
>His DNA profile was on police records for at least three years.
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>
>1. Don't tell people everything you know.
>2.
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