Mutant Registration Database

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The Mutant Registration Database, often referred to as the MRA database, contains information about registered mutants in the United States. Access to the MRA database and information drawn from it is strictly controlled.

History

The MRA database was first created in July 2005, after Voluntary Registration provided for nationwide registration centers and the funding for the database itself. It was designed and secured by a New York company called Mus Musculus, and much of the work surrounding the database has continued to be performed by the same company.

Registration

Information in the database includes all personal information - name, birthdate, address, phone number, social security number, employment information, etc - as well as the extent and type of the mutation.

While the database began as a voluntary measure, there are several other ways information may have been entered:

• Mandatory Criminal Registration makes it possible for law enforcement agents to test and register any convicted criminal they suspect of being a mutant. This has also been interpreted to include many 'Most Wanted' mutants who have never been captured, and therefore never convicted, and thus the MRA database contains information on most known mutant terrorists, such as members of the Brotherhood of Mutants.

• X-ID and the Simmons Amendment made it a legal requirement that all mutants register their status. Registration centers were located at DMVs across the nation and testing required for driver's licenses. Although it has since been declared unconstitutional, a huge number of mutants registered between June 2006 and March 2007.

Some mutants who had previously registered during X-ID have sought to remove themselves from the database. The issue is currently in the courts. While Sensitive Positions allows for the testing of potential-mutants, it does not require their registration.

Access and Use

The information in the MRA database is not publicly accessible and is highly secure. It has been breached before by Burro Shipping's hackers.

Only those with top security clearance (including all X-Factor agents) have access, and they are able to provide information contained within to others, including local law enforcement, after the appropriate channels have been taken. Their access is limited to the information in the database rather than information about the database.