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Old 10-21-09, 03:17 PM   #6
MothBalls
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Originally Posted by Thomen View Post
Personally, I do not mind so much if DNA is collected by law enforcement. However, the notion that private companies could get access to those is pretty much laughable. If the privacy laws in Germany did not drastically change in the last five years, there is no way in hell any company can get access to those DB's except as a federal contractor.
You do understand that the data is reduced to a number. That's all that is needed. It isn't an actual tissue sample. It becomes nothing more than a data point, just like a fingerprint.

As far as access to it? I don't know if there is a German equivalent list, but here's one from the US: http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/Chro...reaches.htm#CP
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