A top UK judge is calling for a DNA repository of every person in the UK. The government response? So far, it has been that there are no plans to create such a database, that there are serious privacy concerns. But the Home Office minister also said, "I think we are broadly sympathetic to the thrust of what he [the judge] has said. "I have said that myself in the past, that there is a real logic and cohesion to the point that says, 'Well, put everybody on'."The UK has already amassed the largest DNA collection in the world, mainly of criminals. Its residents are -- I believe -- filmed more than any other people, thanks to the proliferation of private and public CCTV. Also, I found this amusing: Authorities' powers to collect biometric data are spelled out in the "Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984". sources: The Guardian - Judge Wants Everone in UK on Database
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