UK National DNA Database
The UK National DNA Database (NDNAD) - officially: The UK National Criminal Intelligence DNA Database - is a genetic database established in 1995 in the United Kingdom . With around 7.2 million (2013) recorded persons, including around 1.3 million minors, it is the largest forensic DNA database in the world.
Since the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 , anyone arrested for a major misdemeanor in the UK has their DNA stored there. The database is operated by the Forensic Science Service . Between April 1995 and March 2004 the database cost £ 182 million.
Children's DNA profiles can also be stored in the UK National DNA Database. The Daily Mail reported in July 2006 that DNA samples were taken from three 12-year-old children. The police arrested them for climbing a cherry tree and breaking branches there.
In 2008, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the retention of fingerprints and DNA samples from suspects who were not convicted violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
See also
Web links
- Kristina Staley (2005), The Police National DNA Database: Balacing Crime Detection, Human Rights and Privacy
- NDNAD Annual Report 2002/3
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- ↑ NDNAD annual report 2012 to 2013
- ↑ https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Britische-Gendatenbank-sammelt-Daten-einer-Million-Minderjaehriger-217160.html Heise Online from November 18, 2008
- ↑ Children arrested, DNA tested, interrogated and locked up ... for playing in a tree In: Daily Mail of July 27, 2006
- ↑ https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Britische-DNA-Datenbanken-verstossen-gegen-die-Europaeische-Menschenrechtskonvention-219537.html Heise Online from December 5, 2008