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Category: Law
Just because something is legal does not mean it is right. In the world of forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG) this truth is playing out in ways that should alarm anyone who values privacy and trust. Picture this: a law-enforcement agency, determined to crack a case, quietly searches a genetic genealogy database. The database’s terms and conditions could not be clearer—law-enforcement use…
On 24 January 2019, Seth Augenstein, Senior Science writer for ‘Forensic Magazine’, reported that the State of Maryland in the United States of America, had introduced a Bill into State Legislature for debate that would effectively see the use of Forensic Genealogy prohibited.[1] The premise of the introduction of the Bill, and the perceived nature of the debate that would ensue, would centre around…