Private company storing DNA records of Victorians
Jul 5, 2004 Current Events
How your DNA is falling into private hands (The Age).
This is somewhat concerning, especially since my children have had the blood test where the DNA sample is obtained from. There were a number of consent forms related to the child birthing process that needed to be signed, but don’t recall any of them stating a DNA sample would be kept for ever and released by request of the court.
The records are being held by Genetic Health Services Victoria, who is a non profit company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Neither of these companies have to comply with Freedom of Information requests.