[privacy] UK: DNA of Suspects' Families to be Held on Police Files

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Independent.co.uk.

[snip]

Relatives of suspects in criminal investigations are to face having DNA
tests and their confidential medical records released to the authorities if
they refuse to co-operate with the police.

Internal government guidelines on the use of the DNA database seen by The
Independent on Sunday instruct the police to ask for medical files
belonging to the relatives of criminals so their blood and tissue samples
can be tested for DNA.

The secret document, prepared for police forces by the Home Office, reveal
that families of suspects, and those with similar genes, are being targeted
by investigators.

[snip]

More:
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2016134.ece

- - ferg

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