I think it should be pointed out that the information the police get back from a DNA sample is NOT a fully sequenced genome. It contains enough information to

I think it should be pointed out that the information the police get back from a DNA sample is NOT a fully sequenced genome. It contains enough information to find high confidence matches, but they can't go through the information and start looking for pepole that have rare genetic diseases or anything like that. I still view it as a privacy issue by taking DNA from people who are never convicted (they should delete the info of innocent people). However, DNA samples from the police do not contain much 'confidential' beyond a fingerprint other than determining parents/siblings/cousings. Source: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/fore...