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SUMMARY:Forensic Genomics:Kin Privacy\, Driftnets and Other Open Questions
  - Frank Stajano\, Lucia Bianchi\, Pietro Liò and Douwe Korff
DTSTART:20081022T131500Z
DTEND:20081022T141500Z
UID:TALK13300@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Timothy G. Griffin
DESCRIPTION:DNA analysis is increasingly used in forensics\, where it is b
 eing\npushed as the holy grail of identification. But we are approaching\n
 a dramatic “phase change” as we move from genetics to genomics:\nwhen 
 sequencing the entire genome of a person becomes\nsufficiently cheap as to
  become a routine operation\, as is likely to\nhappen in the coming decade
 s\, then each DNA examination will\nexpose a wealth of very sensitive pers
 onal information about the examined individual\, as well as her relatives.
  In this interdisciplinary\ndiscussion paper we highlight the complexity o
 f DNA-related privacy\nissues as we move into the genomic (as opposed to g
 enetic)\nera: the “driftnet” approach of comparing scene-of-crime samp
 les\nagainst the DNA of the whole population rather than just against\ntha
 t of chosen suspects\; the potential for errors in forensic DNA\nanalysis 
 and the consequences on security and privacy\; the civil\nliberties implic
 ations of the interaction between medical and forensic\napplications of ge
 nomics. For example\, your kin can provide\nvaluable information in a data
 base matching procedure against you\neven if you don’t\; and being able 
 to read the whole of a sampled\ngenome\, rather than just 13 specific mark
 ers from it\, provides information about the medical and physical characte
 ristics of the individual.\nOur aim is to offer a simple but thought-provo
 king and technically\naccurate summary of the many issues involved\, hopin
 g to\nstimulate an informed public debate on the statutes by which DNA\nco
 llection\, storage and processing should be regulated.\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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