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DNA database corrupted by inaccuracies

In another twist to big governments’ ability to set up the “Big Brother state machine, it has been disclosed that more than 1/2 million inaccuracies exist on the “big DNA database”, in effect this illustrates the current government’s wanton inability to get to grips with any IT project.

Worrying is the fact that so many names are misspelt or ficticious, you could find yourself as a suspect simply because someone else either used your name or had a very similar spelt name as yours.

Shami Chakrabarti, the director of civil rights group Liberty, said the disclosure raised questions about police plans to expand the database to include information about those suspected of far less serious offences, such as dropping litter or dodging rail fares.

“It is bad enough that we have a DNA database stuffed with innocents not charged with any offence, containing too many children and too great a percentage of ethnic minorities,” she said.

“Now it turns out we don’t know the accuracy of the data. How many Postman Pats and Donald Ducks have entries on a system worthy of the Keystone Cops?”

Our very privacy is being put at serious risk from the maverick and incompetent IT schemes thought out out during the last ten years of the Blair – Brown partnership!