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23 Harv. J. L. & Tech. 309 (2009-2010)
All in the Family: Privacy and DNA Familial Searching

handle is hein.journals/hjlt23 and id is 317 raw text is: Harvard Journal of Law & Technology Volume 23, Number 2 Spring 2010 ALL IN THE FAMILY: PRIVACY AND DNA FAMILIAL SEARCHING Sonia M Suter* TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. IN TROD UCTIO N .............................................................................. 3 10 11. DNA DATA BANKS AND FAMILIAL SEARCHES ............................ 313 A. DNA Profiling and Databases .................................................. 313 B. Fam ilial Searches ................................................................ 318 1. Success Stories ...................................................................... 322 2. Moving Toward Systematic Familial Searches ..................... 324 111. PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTY CONCERNS .................................. 327 A. Privacy Interests of the Genetic Informant ......................... 329 1. DN A Profiling G enerally ...................................................... 329 2 . A rrestees ................................................................................ 339 3. Fam ilial Searching ................................................................. 342 B. Privacy Interests of the Relatives ............................................. 349 C . F am ily Privacy ......................................................................... 363 IV . RACIAL DISPARITIES .................................................................. 368 V. BALANCTNG THE INTERESTS ........................................................ 372 A. Assessing Prima Facie Duties .................................................. 376 B. Balancing Prima Facie Duties ................................................. 384 1. Increasing the Benefits and Maximizing the Effectiveness of Familial Searching ............................... 385 2. Minimizing the Collateral Harms of Familial S earching ........................................................................ 388 3. Minimizing the Disclosure of Familial Secrets ..................... 392 4. Prohibiting Surreptitious Collection of Samples ................... 394 5. Purging Records of Exonerated Individuals and Restricting Uses of Samples ........................................... 395 6. Minimizing the Threats to Racial Justice .............................. 397 V I. C ON CLU SIO N .............................................................................. 398 * Professor, George Washington University Law School. B.A., Michigan State Univer- sity (English), M.S., University of Michigan (Human Genetics); J.D., University of Michi- gan. I am grateful to Paul Butler, Dawn Nunziato, Steven Saltzburg, Daniel Solove, Julie Steiff, Ronald Suter, and Bob Tuttle, all of whom offered invaluable comments and insights. Many thanks to Kasia Solon and Mary Kate Hunter, my library liaisons, and to my research assistants, Jacqueline Ingber and Kristen Ward, who were all incredibly efficient, thorough, and resourceful. Finally, I want to thank Dean Fred Lawrence, as well as the George Wash- ington University Law School, for research and faculty support.

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