DNA profiling bill: Pinning you down with data
This is an era of databases. There are biometric databases: fingerprints, iris scans, photographs-which are to work with facial recognition technologies-and, now, DNA. The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018, was introduced in the Lok Sabha during the monsoon session of Parliament.
The desire to create a DNA database of the people of this country has been nurtured by the CDFD (Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and
