LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The European Court of Human Rights says fingerprint and DNA samples obtained from individuals who were never convicted should be removed from databases.
MELBOURNE, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Australian authorities say proposed privacy restrictions on DNA use would not interfere with DNA testing by the police or courts.
HOUSTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Immigrant advocacy organizations are decrying a proposal by the Bush administration to collect DNA samples from federal detainees, including illegal immigrants.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. government has been secretly collecting DNA samples from suspected terrorists as part of a database used by the defense and intelligence communities.
LONDON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Britain has the largest DNA database in the world relative to the size of its population, with more than 4 million people included.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A plan by the Dutch government to create a database on youths from the Netherlands Antilles is unfair, critics say.
LONDON, July 26 (UPI) -- Millions of people's records on Britain's DNA database were covertly given to private firms, official documents indicate.
LOS ANGELES, July 20 (UPI) -- A DNA database used by the FBI to identify suspects may have faulty data and should be opened to increased scrutiny, U.S. experts say.
MONTREAL, May 7 (UPI) -- Canadian and U.S. scientists say they're creating an autistic DNA database involving cases in which there is only one family member with autism.
SACRAMENTO, April 27 (UPI) -- California plans an aggressive program of searching its DNA database for potential relatives of criminals when there is no exact match for DNA at a crime scene.
WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department says it is going forward with its plan to take DNA samples from anyone in federal custody, not just convicted felons.
LONDON, April 9 (UPI) -- A British teenager says police have no right to keep his DNA sample and fingerprints, taken after he was arrested on a bus.
EUGENE, Ore., April 3 (UPI) -- Researchers recovered human DNA dating back 14,300 years from dried excrement found in Oregon's Paisley Caves.
WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army is trying to find families of more than 6,300 missing soldiers from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars to add their DNA to a database.
LONDON, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Two men have asked the European Court of Human Rights to order their DNA and fingerprints removed from the British police database.
