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If you've given your DNA to a DNA database, US police may now have access to it

  • Written by Jane Tiller, Ethical, Legal & Social Adviser - Public Health Genomics, Monash University
If you've given your DNA to a DNA database, US police may now have access to itDNA database giant Ancestry lets members access international records including the convict and free settler lists, passenger lists, Australian and New Zealand electoral rolls and military records.Patrick Alexander/Flickr, CC BY

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