The new owner of GEDmatch, the third-party genealogy site that's helped investigators crack cases using DNA, is vowing to protect privacy by fighting search warrants.

"It's about trust," GEDmatch's new owner said, promising to protect the DNA profiles of users who don't want police to search them.

How a DNA database's new policy is changing police access and could hinder solving cold cases GEDmatch's new "opt-in" policy went into effect on Sunday.

Genealogy website GEDmatch, which has been used by police to help solve cold cases, is changing its privacy rules and making it harder for law enforcement to access its DNA data.

GEDmatch, the DNA analysis site that police used to catch the so-called Golden State Killer, was pulled briefly offline on Sunday while its parent company investigated how its users’ DNA profile ...

In 2018, GEDmatch played a key role in reopening the 40-year-old Golden State Killer case. Now a company that serves law enforcement is gobbling it up.