Keep every American's DNA profile on file

What's the difference between DNA sequencing and DNA profiling? In this article Yale Law student, Michael Seringhaus, explains:

A DNA profile distills a person's complex genomic information down to a set of 26 numerical values, each characterizing the length of a certain repeated sequence of "junk" DNA that differs from person to person...

The genetic privacy risk from such profiling is virtually nil, because these records include none of the health and biological data present in one's genome as a whole. Aside from the ability in some cases to determine whether two individuals are closely related, DNA profiles have nothing sensitive to disclose.

Read the article here:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-seringhaus_18edi.State.Edition1.27088d3.html