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Off Beat: UK: Plan to Put Everyone in DNA Database Hinges on Human Rights Case

Via OUT-LAW.com.

Lord Justice Sedley's proposal to put everyone in the UK on a DNA database would be dependent on a British man's case against the UK at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), according to a privacy law expert.

Michael Marper is objecting to the retention of his DNA information on the Home Office's database, despite the fact that he has never been convicted of a crime. He has appealed through the English courts and the ECHR agreed earlier this year to hear his case.

posted by Fergie @ 9/07/2007 12:55:00 PM