EU Prüm Framework
Definition
The legal framework created by Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA allowing automated hit/no-hit cross-border searching between EU member states' national DNA, fingerprint, and vehicle-registration databases.
Related terms
- CODIS (Combined DNA Index System)
- The FBI-managed software architecture for the US national forensic DNA database, operating through a three-tier structure of local (LDIS), state (SDIS), and...
- Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG)
- A forensic identification technique that uploads a crime-scene DNA profile to a consumer genealogy database, identifies partial matches suggesting distant family relationships,...
- Maryland V. King (2013)
- US Supreme Court decision holding that the collection of a DNA sample from an individual arrested for a serious offence does not...
- NDNAD
- National DNA Database (UK); the world's first national forensic DNA database, established in 1995, operated by the National DNA Database Strategy Board....
- S and Marper V. UK (2008)
- European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber judgment holding that indefinite retention of fingerprints, cellular samples, and DNA profiles of unconvicted individuals...
- SDDIS
- System for DNA Data and Index Support; the proposed national DNA database architecture under India's DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill...
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- National DNA Databases: NDIS, NDNAD, India's Bill and EU PrumThe legal framework created by Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA allowing automated hit/no-hit cross-border searching between EU member states' n...