News & Commentary about DNA Collection
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Apr 19, 2023
Widespread Newborn DNA Sequencing Will Worsen Risks to Genetic Privacy
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Mar 10, 2020
Police Need a Warrant to Collect DNA We Inevitably Leave Behind
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Oct 2, 2019
Rapid DNA Machines in Police Departments Need Regulation
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Jan 8, 2018
Proposal to Expand Mandatory DNA Collection in Virginia Raises Serious Privacy and Due Process Concerns
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Dec 12, 2017
New York City Takes on Algorithmic Discrimination
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Apr 26, 2017
Henrietta Lacks’ Story Is a Powerful Lesson That Patients Deserve Full Control of Their Genetic Data
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Sep 16, 2016
The Police Want Your DNA to Prove You're Innocent. Do You Give it to Them?
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Sep 13, 2016
Local Police Using and Abusing DNA and Other Biometric Technologies
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Jun 3, 2013
Supreme Court Ruling a Blow to Genetic Privacy