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PostSubject: A million pupils have been fingerprinted at their secondary school   A million pupils have been fingerprinted at their secondary school I_icon_minitimeFri Jan 03, 2014 7:11 pm

DO I NEED TO TELL YOU THE REAL REASON?????
YEAH! THEY WILL ROUND UP YOUR KIDS OR GRANDKIDS!!!!!
THEY WANT THEM!!!!

http://www.prisonplanet.com/privacy-concerns-raised-as-more-than-one-million-pupils-are-fingerprinted-in-schools.html Privacy concerns raised as more than one million pupils are fingerprinted in schools

RICHARD GARNER
London Independent
January 3, 2014

More than a million pupils have been fingerprinted at their secondary school – thousands without their parents’ consent, according to new research published on Friday.

Figures show that four out of 10 secondary schools now use biometric technology as a means of identifying pupils – with nearly a third failing in their duty to seek parental consent before introducing the system.

The figures are based on Freedom of Information request returns from 1,255 schools to the civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch with the group warning pupils will grow up believing “it is normal to be tracked like this all the time”.

The most common uses of the system are at meal-times where headteachers claim it can be a more “discreet” method of ensuring those pupils entitled to free school meals get them – and in school libraries. Some have used the system for registration of pupils at school.

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