The court referred to ‘informational privacy’ – ‘This notion of privacy derives from the assumption that all information about a person is in a fundamental way his own, for him to communicate or retain for himself as he sees fit.’
La Forest J
(1988) 45 CCC (3d) 244
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – S, Regina (on Application of) v South Yorkshire Police; Regina v Chief Constable of Yorkshire Police ex parte Marper HL 22-Jul-2004
Police Retention of Suspects DNA and Fingerprints
The claimants complained that their fingerprints and DNA records taken on arrest had been retained after discharge before trial, saying the retention of the samples infringed their right to private life.
Held: The parts of DNA used for testing . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Updated: 10 October 2021; Ref: scu.199816
