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Human Rights Court Calls UK DNA Database a 'Breach of Rights'

Posted by timothy on from the could-have-saved-them-some-time dept.

psmears writes "Describing a judgment that is likely to rein in the scope of the UK DNA database, where at present the DNA of those arrested by the police is kept permanently (even if the people concerned are never convicted, or even charged), the BBC reports that the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that keeping such people's DNA in the database 'could not be regarded as necessary in a democratic society.'" Reader megla adds a link to the full text of the judgement.

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  1. Democrats attempting to repeal secret ballot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    How do square this with the Democrats attempt to repeal the use of the secret ballot for union organizing (a.k.a. card check).
    Under a plan Democrats plan to pass in the next Congress, you will no longer have a right to a secret ballot when determining if your workplace should unionize.
    The union organizers will be able to come up to your door (of your house, where your family lives) and badger you to sign the union documents. No private pressure free deliberations for you.

    So, explain to me how Democrats respect democracy.