Police can legally use 23andMe, other ancestry tools to obtain your DNA

[Michelle420]

oh Nooos TNHarley what kind of bullshit is this eh?

When you give a genetic testing company your DNA to learn more about your ancestral history, you could also be handing it over to law enforcement.

Police can legally use 23andMe, other ancestry tools to obtain your DNA

 

[TNHarley]

oh Nooos TNHarley what kind of bullshit is this eh?

When you give a genetic testing company your DNA to learn more about your ancestral history, you could also be handing it over to law enforcement.

Police can legally use 23andMe, other ancestry tools to obtain your DNA

I know right? I already have plans to delete our accounts after I get back results.
Thanks drifter!

 

[IanC]

There has already been cases solved by the use of familial DNA to pinpoint suspects. I think it's a good idea. I'm all for more surveillance cameras too.

But then, I'm not a criminal.

 

[Michelle420]

There has already been cases solved by the use of familial DNA to pinpoint suspects. I think it's a good idea. I'm all for more surveillance cameras too.

But then, I'm not a criminal.

I'm not a criminal either but feel my DNA should be protected.

 

[IanC]

There has already been cases solved by the use of familial DNA to pinpoint suspects. I think it's a good idea. I'm all for more surveillance cameras too.

But then, I'm not a criminal.

I'm not a criminal either but feel my DNA should be protected.

I agree that it is not a cut-and-dried decision to use partial matches from the criminal (or other) DNA databases. It did take at least one serial killer off the streets after decades of murders though.

 

[Natural Citizen]

There has already been cases solved by the use of familial DNA to pinpoint suspects. I think it's a good idea. I'm all for more surveillance cameras too.

But then, I'm not a criminal.

oh Nooos TNHarley what kind of bullshit is this eh?

When you give a genetic testing company your DNA to learn more about your ancestral history, you could also be handing it over to law enforcement.

Police can legally use 23andMe, other ancestry tools to obtain your DNA

I know right? I already have plans to delete our accounts after I get back results.
Thanks drifter!

You'll still be in a database, though.

 

[IanC]

DNA from crime scenes has also helped in steering law enforcement towards the right subpopulation of possible suspects.

 

[Michelle420]

There has already been cases solved by the use of familial DNA to pinpoint suspects. I think it's a good idea. I'm all for more surveillance cameras too.

But then, I'm not a criminal.

oh Nooos TNHarley what kind of bullshit is this eh?

When you give a genetic testing company your DNA to learn more about your ancestral history, you could also be handing it over to law enforcement.

Police can legally use 23andMe, other ancestry tools to obtain your DNA

I know right? I already have plans to delete our accounts after I get back results.
Thanks drifter!

You'll still be in a database, though.

I know there is nothing I can do about it now.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Mine's easy. Haha.

 

[Michelle420]

Mine's easy. Haha.

George Washington was your ancestor?

 

[Disir]

Even so, they can still take the DNA from someone in your 'group'. You have to have a warrant to obtain it. Chain of custody is very problematic and creates a legal issue. It isn't as useful as people are currently led to believe.

 

[MindWars]

oh Nooos TNHarley what kind of bullshit is this eh?

When you give a genetic testing company your DNA to learn more about your ancestral history, you could also be handing it over to law enforcement.

Police can legally use 23andMe, other ancestry tools to obtain your DNA

Already posted

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Not even Orwell dared to dream this ship up

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

There has already been cases solved by the use of familial DNA to pinpoint suspects. I think it's a good idea. I'm all for more surveillance cameras too.

But then, I'm not a criminal.

I'm not a criminal either but feel my DNA should be protected.

If you want your DNA ‘protected’ then don’t give it to another party.

There is no 4th or 5th Amendment expectation of privacy when you do so.

 

[Vastator]

oh Nooos TNHarley what kind of bullshit is this eh?

When you give a genetic testing company your DNA to learn more about your ancestral history, you could also be handing it over to law enforcement.

Police can legally use 23andMe, other ancestry tools to obtain your DNA

I've repeatedly warned posters here of 23 and Mes policy of cataloguing the DNA samples of its customers, and selling the information contained therein. But some of you tools just won't listen...

 

[CrusaderFrank]

There has already been cases solved by the use of familial DNA to pinpoint suspects. I think it's a good idea. I'm all for more surveillance cameras too.

But then, I'm not a criminal.

I'm not a criminal either but feel my DNA should be protected.

If you want your DNA ‘protected’ then don’t give it to another party.

There is no 4th or 5th Amendment expectation of privacy when you do so.

Really?

So when you out your trash curbside you surrender your privacy

 

[Vastator]

There has already been cases solved by the use of familial DNA to pinpoint suspects. I think it's a good idea. I'm all for more surveillance cameras too.

But then, I'm not a criminal.

I'm not a criminal either but feel my DNA should be protected.

If you want your DNA ‘protected’ then don’t give it to another party.

There is no 4th or 5th Amendment expectation of privacy when you do so.

Really?

So when you out your trash curbside you surrender your privacy

As far as said trash goes you do.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

oh Nooos TNHarley what kind of bullshit is this eh?

When you give a genetic testing company your DNA to learn more about your ancestral history, you could also be handing it over to law enforcement.

Police can legally use 23andMe, other ancestry tools to obtain your DNA

Don't care. If I ever do anything that would land me back in prison I deserve what I get.