The US Department of Homeland Security has built a massive DNA
surveillance system, collecting over 1.5 million genetic profiles in
four years.
The DNA collection programme, which includes data
from US citizens, minors and the elderly, raises concerns about genetic
privacy, due process and the limits of executive power. The system,
which uses Palantir’s surveillance technology, lacks transparency,
oversight and accountability.
The US government is abusing its immigration powers to amass DNA for future policing, a report from Georgetown Law said.
The following is a summary of an article published by Biometric Update. You can read the full article HERE.
As
we read this article, we should recall that the UK’s National Health
Service (“NHS”) has plans to sequence and store the DNA of all babies
born in England. In June, The Telegraph reported that as part of a ‘10 Year Health Plan for England’,
“every baby will have their DNA mapped under an NHS revolution” and
“the NHS has already embarked on plans to screen 100,000 newborn babies
for genetic conditions.” In 2023, Leo Hohman warned that the US government was doing the same, collecting and storing the DNA of babies, but secretly....<<<Read More>>>..
