Schools can fingerprint children without parental consent
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DfES qualifies its stance Parents cannot prevent schools from taking their children's fingerprints, according to the Department for Education and Skills and the Information Commissioner.â¦
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ICO sticks its neck-out - and gets it in a twist The Information Commissioner has declared that schools should ask for the consent of children and parents before they take pupil's fingerprints, despite there being no legal obligation for them to do so.â¦
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Legislation would add protections against the practice of posing as another to gain personal data.
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'We don't have to ask parents' The headmaster of Porth County Comprehensive School in South Wales has defended fingerprinting all 1,400 of his pupils days after their parents were told about the scheme last Wednesday.â¦
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Schools will be urged - but not forced - to seek parents' permission before taking children's fingerprints.
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Just no time The question of whether it's necessary or desirable to take school children's fingerprints has not made it on the agenda for Parliament.â¦
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Antisocial behaviour register gets thumbs-up A nuisance youth database described as "an educational tool" has won parents' approval, according to police in Clacton.â¦
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Americans seek international database to carry iris, palm and finger prints
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Â·  Documentary 'invasion' of teenager's privacy Â·  Court halts screening after official solicitor intervenes
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A backlash brews as parents are asked to write checks for school activities.
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Biometric bobbies West Midlands Police are trialing a system that controls police access to buildings and computer systems using a fingerprint scanner.â¦
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By TOM KERTSCHER  Cedarburg - School officials have confirmed that students gained access to confidential information of current and former School District employees, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers and, possibly, bank account numbers.
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The only grade school in this rural town is requiring students to wear radio frequency identification badges that can track their every move. Some parents are outraged, fearing it will take away their children's privacy.
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Schools in England are given the legal right to search pupils who are suspected of carrying knives.
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A British school has launched a pilot program where students as young as 11 are subjected to random drug tests &#151; a project that has generated interest in Washington and fed a civil liberties debate on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Research says parents back tougher measures to crack down on bad behaviour in schools - including spot-searching.
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A scheme is trialled allowing parents to check whether people with access to their children have paedophile convictions.