Kevin Broadfoot on 04 December 2008 at 11:23 said:-
> Wonder what this means for all those others in the UK whose
> DNA records
> have been retained by the police.
The media are reporting the government as responding with a "we will
have a look".
An individual 'privacy' angle seems to be the only focus, no doubt
because of the legal perspective taken.
A question which keeps recurring to me, having now read the case, is
what is it that the UK government is not afraid of, and yet nearly
everybody else is, and why?
Ian W
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> Subject: Re: [data-protection] DP analysis re the retention
> of DNA on the UK s National DNA Database - ECHR judgment at
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>
> I've just heard on the BBC that the ECHR have ruled that
> retention of the DNA
> records was a breach and have awarded costs to the
> applicants. A good day
> for privacy!
>
> Wonder what this means for all those others in the UK whose
> DNA records
> have been retained by the police.
>
> rgds,
>
> Kevin
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