论刑事DNA数据库的基因隐私权保护

从20世纪80年代中期开始,警察就在刑事调查中使用DNA分析,如今他们又有了打击犯罪的新武器:刑事DNA数据库。可是,在这个人权至上的时代,人们除了关心如何有效地打击罪犯之外,对刑事DNA数据在采集、储藏与使用中的隐私权保护也颇为用心。笔者以为,要解除民众对DNA数据库的担忧,法律必须对DNA样本的保留时间、DNA检体的使用目的及DNA数据的使用对象规范清楚。

Privacy Protection if Criminal DNA database

Since the mid-1980s, police have been using analysis of DNA in criminal investigations. Now they have gained a new weapon in the fight against crime: DNA databases. But in this era that the human right is uppermost, the public is concerned about not only the efficiency of fighting against crime but also the protection of privacy in DNA collection, storage, and usage. In order to elease the public's anxiety law should limit expressly the time of storage of DNA samples, the purpose of using DNA samples and the object of using the data of DNA database.