Patricia Kosseim, Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner, in Toronto on Jan. 24, 2024. The Canadian Press/Cole Burston
Ontario’s privacy commissioner has issued a list of guidelines for police’s use of DNA to track down criminals using a method called investigative genetic genealogy.
The commissioner, Patricia Kosseim, said the tracking down of suspects through DNA and hereditary research raises privacy and human rights concerns. She has offered a list of 12 guidelines, called “guardrails,” that police forces can use to guide the process until legislation catches up.
