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Originally Posted by MothBalls

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.

Indeed. I am aware of this.

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

Damn.. I am not even sure I do want know if such a list exists.

It is rather scary that those pencil pusher who oversee all that stuff seem to have no clue about data security.
Friend of mine works as a Data Security Manager for a local federal agency here, and the kind of stories he tells are really scary when it comes to pencil pushers and scientiests.