https://medium.com/@pranavtanwar2/dna-technology-regulation-bill-2018-prospective-issues-and-challenges-48c8cbe04202 > “Existing rules and principles can give us our present location, our bearings, our latitude and longitude. The inn that shelters for the night is not the journey’s end. The law, like the traveler, must be ready for the morrow. It must have a principle of growth”. > The Union Cabinet cleared the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018 on July 5, 2018. The Bill drafted by the Department of Biotechnology is the latest version of the Bill which originated as the DNA Profiling Bill, 2017. The aim of the current Bill is to institutionalise the collection of DNA samples and thus creating a profile to serve crime investigation machinery. But is DNA profiling as simple as passing a law for its use in forensic labs? The Law Commission of India in its Report №271 on Human DNA Profiling mentions that DNA profiling ‘involves various legal and ethical issues and concerns’ which raises apprehensions about its misuse. Unless it is protected, it may result in disclosure of personal information, such as health-related data capable of being misused by persons having prejudicial interests, adversely affecting the privacy of the person.