DNA Retention, Human Rights, and the Landmark Decision That Underpinned the EU AI Act

Abstract

Have You Ever wondered what governments that collect deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), do with the data? In 2009, I completed a Masters in the Faculty of Law at the University of Wollongong Australia, exploring the impact of DNA storage in all its forms ( Figure 1 ). Encouraged by my thesis supervisor, Associate Professor Clive Harfield, formerly of the Center for Transnational Crime Prevention (CTCP) at UOW, I investigated the S and Marper case [1] , [4]