Who's that, then?

WELSH police forces have uploaded over 250,000 profiles to the DNA database since 2000. DNA is a sensitive subject; on one hand, there's those who argue 'if you've nothing to hide, why worry?', whilst on the other there are those who say 'Do we really trust the government and the Police to safeguard such confidential information?". The government, and departments thereof, have a truly abysmal record for keeping confidential information safe. In fact, they lose it more often than teenage girls their virginity, yet we're asked to trust them with our DNA.

We all want a more secure society, yet can having the very basis of our being in the hands of the local plods assist the law-enforcement agencies really keep us more safe? Perhaps what we need is more high-level prosecutions of those who lose our data, for whatever reason. Perhaps then, we might feel a little more confident in those we're supposed to trust...