India has developed a draft Bill for such a DNA database and the Andhra Pradesh government even announced that it has signed up with a private agency for collecting DNA from all its citizens. But even those who routinely use DNA databases express serious concerns about DNA databases and profiling. In the recent capture of an elusive serial killer in California, DNA at a crime scene was matched from a company that gathers DNA for genealogy. In 2010, the National DNA Database of the U.K. contained DNA profiles and samples from about six million individuals. Two, a court order should be required for obtaining DNA without informed consent and the DNA should only be compared with the crime scene DNA for the suspect.

Source: The Hindu May 07, 2018 18:45 UTC