How a DNA database's new policy is changing police access and could hinder solving cold cases GEDmatch's new "opt-in" policy went into effect on Sunday.

Bennett Greenspan, president and founder of FamilyTreeDNA, characterized the company’s FBI partnership as nothing more than giving law enforcement the same access to the DNA database as any ...

She said that restricting access to the database may encourage police to seek warrants or subpoenas to search databases held by private companies. What more do you want to know about the story?

Last year, I added my DNA profile to a private genealogical database, FamilyTreeDNA, and clicked “Yes” to allow the police to ...

FBI Gains Access to Popular Home DNA Kit Database FamilyTreeDNA has agreed to cooperate with the FBI and allow the intelligence and security service to access its genealogy database. In so doing ...

Sources tell ABC News that a DNA sample and a public genealogy database may have played a role in identifying Bryan Kohberger in Pennsylvania.

A search warrant issued by a state judge in Florida gives police access to DNA profiles of over a million Americans in a public genealogy database.

According to a new report, Family Tree DNA has been voluntarily granting the FBI access to its trove of information ...

A US judge has allowed police access to the major DNA database without users’ consent (including Australian users). It’s a timely reminder that we urgently need genetic privacy legislation.