[The genetic fingerprints file in France: between security and freedom].
In France, the French National File Automated with Genetic fingerprints (FNAEG) is a bank automated by genetic data which is used in penal domain. It facilitates search of the authors of malpractices, or the missing people. Since 1998, it has enabled to resolve numerous criminal cases. An extension of the field of application has been observed. It is a confidential register which is subjected to numerous controls. Nevertheless, private character of the data and its functioning (criminal character of the refusal of taking, periods of answer, and problem of data's conservation) explain the important contesting of associations worried about the respect of personal freedoms.
Manaouil
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Médecine Légale, C.H.U. Nord d'Amiens, France. manaouil.cecile@chu-amiens.fr
Gignon
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Werbrouck
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Jarde
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D003219:Confidentiality; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000941:ethics*; D005602:France; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D012042:Registries; D012637:Security Measures