Bioinformation
Fingerprinting and DNA profiling are valuable tools in the fight against crime, but there is a debate about whether police powers to keep people's details on record are justified.
This report uses the principle of proportionality as a basis for recommendations in a number of areas including the use of the National DNA Database.
read more »Education - Teaching resource: the forensic use of bioinformation
The Council has developed a set of teaching resources based on its 2007 report 'The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues'.
There are three activities to teach students to think about how fingerprints and DNA profiles are used to investigate crime and the ethical issues that arise from the storage of bioinformation on national databases.
read more »Bioinformation - Key findings
Since this report was published, there have been a number of developments in this area of law. The information below applies to the time at which the report was published. For information about changes since 2007 please see:
