alt Hacker NewsThe entities holding the information here are literally police departments. The information itself is evidence, used in active criminal investigations. It's good to want things, though.
The entities holding the information here are literally police departments. The information itself is evidence, used in active criminal investigations. It's good to want things, though.
The information is not in any way restricted to use in active criminal investigations, and further, has been found to frequently be used for a variety of other purposes.
It's a bit like saying pornography is used in the study of human anatomy.