FORENSIC GENEALOGY IN THE AGE OF DATA PRIVACY

Forensic Genealogy, emerged in the 2000s has become an effective criminal investigatory mechanism that has been applied in many unresolved cases to produce crucial leads for further investigation and closure of cases. With its emergence as a significant investigative instrument, it has also raised data privacy concerns over the years and how the emerging forensic _x000D_ technologies somewhere challenge the fundamental of consent and privacy present in the constitutional framework and the Fourth Amendment. This paper shall try to unravel and examine the intersections between forensic technology advancements and privacy rights in context of both Indian and international jurisprudence. _x000D_ Keywords: Forensic Genealogy, DNA, criminal investigation, privacy, forensic science.