Purpose
section 1 of the police authority shall keep a register of DNA-profiles
in order to strengthen the quality of the forensic operations
with DNA-analyses (Elimination database) in accordance with this
team.
Data in elimination database may only be processed for
the detection and investigation of contamination in DNA analysis and
the handling of DNA traces.
The concepts of DNA profile and DNA analysis used in the law have
the same meaning as in police data Act (2010:361).
Law (2014:600).
The relationship to the personal data Act
section 2 of this Act are in addition to the personal data Act (1998:204).
Content
3 § elimination database may contain DNA profiles from
persons specified in §§ 8 and 9 and that by coming in
contact with the material or samples shall be subject to
DNA analysis or premises where such analysis is carried out at risk
to contaminate these.
A DNA profile entered in the database may only provide
information on the identity and not about personal qualities.
In addition to DNA profiles, elimination database contain
information about who the DNA profile is for.
Processing of data in the database
4 § A DNA profile that has been developed during the investigation of the
crimes and that cannot be attributed to an identifiable person
may at one point compared with the DNA profiles in the
Elimination database. The comparison should be made before comparison
made with other DNA profiles in the DNA registers is regulated in
Chapter 4. Police data Act (2010:361).
A DNA profile from the sample taken pursuant to Chapter 28.
the code of judicial procedure, at one point compared with the
DNA-profiles in elimination database. Refers to a DNA profile
suspicious, the comparison to be done before the profile is added into the
investigatory records or DNA registry which is regulated by 4
Cape. Police data Act.
A DNA profile that has been developed to ensure the quality of the
Forensic DNA analysis operations and not related
to the forensic activities may be compared with
DNA-profiles in elimination database.
Privacy responsibility
paragraph 5 of the police authority is responsible for the treatment
Elimination of personal data in the database. Law (2014:600).
section 6 of the law enforcement agency shall designate one or more
the personal data for the processing of personal data in
Elimination database.
The authority shall notify the supervisory authority referred to in
personal data Act (1998:204) when a data protection officer
appointed or dismissed. Law (2014:600).
Access to data
section 7 access to personal data is restricted to what
each officer need to fulfil their
work tasks.
Sampling
section 8 staff members of the police authority and other recurring
may come into contact with and thereby run the risk of
contaminating materials used in DNA analysis, samples
shall be subject to DNA analysis or premises where such
analyses are performed, is obliged to provide samples for DNA analysis in
the purpose of the DNA profile to be recorded in the
Elimination database. The test is taken in the form of the saliva sample.
Law (2014:600).
section 9 in order to gain access to a room in which the DNA traces from
crime scenes are handled or stored, even those who do not
subject to section 8 but which threatens to contaminate the local,
samples shall be subjected to DNA analysis or materials
used for DNA analysis required to provide samples for DNA analysis
for the purpose of DNA profile will be registered in
Elimination database. The test is taken in the form of the saliva sample.
section 10 a sample for DNA analysis that have been supported by 8
or section 9 shall not be used for any purpose other than the
that sample was taken, and shall be destroyed not later than six months
After the sample was taken.
Thinning
§ 11 Data in elimination database to screen when the
no longer needed to investigate whether a person's DNA can have
contaminated materials, samples or premises.
Data relating to employees of the Police Department to screen
no later than two years after the relative who founded
the obligation to leave the trial ended.
Data which have been recorded pursuant to section 9 for screening
at the latest one year after the data was recorded.
Data relating to persons other than those referred to in the second and third
pieces for screening no later than one year after the
relative who founded the obligation ceased.
Law (2014:600).
Rectification and indemnity
section 12 of the provisions of the personal data Act (1998:204) about
rectification and damages shall apply mutatis mutandis at the
the processing of personal data under this law or under
regulations referred to in section 13 or 14.
Additional regulations
paragraph 13 of the Government or the authority, as the Government determines
may announce further provisions concerning the
categories of staff at the Police Department and the other
categories of persons under section 8 that is required to submit samples
for DNA analysis to elimination database. Law (2014:600).
section 14 of the Government or the authority, as the Government determines
Announces rules on access to
Elimination database, and the procedure for compliance
between a DNA profile in elimination database and another
DNA profile.
15 repealed by law (2014:600).
16 repealed by law (2014:600).
Transitional provisions
2014:400
1. this law shall enter into force on 1 July 2014.
2. A DNA profile that was registered before 1 July 2014 in
the purpose of detecting and investigating contamination at
DNA analyses and handling of DNA traces must be recorded in the
Elimination database where the data subject consents to it.
The DNA profiles are not registered in the elimination database
for screening no later than 1 January 2015.
3. DNA profiles from employees at the Swedish National Police Board,
the police authorities and the national laboratory of forensic science
recorded in the elimination database may
31 december 2014 at one point compared with the DNA-profiles
in the track table that is regulated in Chapter 4. Police data Act
(2010:361). A correspondence between a DNA profile in
Elimination database and a DNA profile in the track log,
not be investigated further.
