Data Retention Regulations in the Lords

Roland Perry ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:52:41 +0100


In article 
<4F472324-4091-47A3-92CC-F32274A0BAED@dev.intechnology.co.uk>, Nigel 
Metheringham <nigel.metheringham@dev.intechnology.co.uk> writes
>>> Is that not just because they don't actually know whose DNA it is?
>> They obviously aren't that bothered, or the story wouldn't have 
>>emerged like this.
>
>It was reported yesterday that a worker in the factory has been
>identified as the "donor"

To be fair, the BBC story just says "a woman", not that the actual woman 
has been identified.

>- and the manufacturers say that the swabs in
>question were not sold as suitable for DNA forensic work.

Oops. A bit like the faulty pacemakers that were made with components 
not intended for high reliability medical applications.
-- 
Roland Perry