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Canada Dashboard Digest | Netizens weigh in on criminal DNA collection Related reading: The key elements for understanding marketing privacy

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A CBC News online forum found respondents split on the issue of criminal DNA collected by law enforcement. “DNA should be collected at birth for every child born in Canada,” said a respondent with the user name Wise Guy. “It would be invaluable for health care services, police, etc. Names are stored, fingerprints, photos, blood type, SSN. Our DNA is just us. Get over it and start collecting." Not everyone agreed. "This stinks of George Orwell's ‘1984,’” said Philip Hynes. “It might make sense in the case of violent offenders where human life is at risk but to be catalogued at birth sets a dangerous precedent. Who is to say that the data could not be misused?"
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