Privacy rights groups call for ‘day of action’ to ban facial recognition at all schools
Fight for the Future (FFTF) and Students for Sensible Drug Policy are organizing what they call a ‘National Day of…
Schools
News and information about the use of biometrics in schools, or for the purpose of collecting biometrics from students. These systems can range from time & attendance systems, access control systems or cafeteria point-of-sale systems.
School biometric systems live in Ohio, NY school district asks to keep its running, but value questioned
Facial recognition cameras performing real-time biometric identification and providing security updates have been deployed to “a handful of schools” in…
London South Bank University, ANS develop voice and facial recognition chatbot
London South Bank University has entered a strategic partnership with digital and cloud service provider ANS to develop the first…
Researchers find biometric, biographical and location data of thousands of China’s school children unprotected online
A database of Chinese school children’s faces and their locations on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. servers has been found online…
NY state Assembly Member wants moratorium on biometric technology in grade schools
In the upcoming legislative session, New York state Assembly Member Monica Wallace wants to focus all 2020 efforts on a…
Facial recognition, gun detection system implemented in Lockport schools despite controversy
A facial recognition system was implemented on January 2, 2020 in the Lockport school district in New York state, following…
French privacy regulator finds facial recognition gates in schools illegal
The intention to use facial recognition integrated in biometric gates at two high schools in France was heavily criticized and…
School district to trial face biometrics with no students in database
The Lockport School Board will trial a facial recognition system in an implementation that may not identify anyone, after announcing…
Facial recognition can protect our kids: here’s how to convince parents
This is a guest post by Kevin Freiburger, Director of Identity Programs at Valid. The New York State Education Department…
Remark Holdings facial biometrics deployed to Hangzhou primary schools
The Hangzhou Primary School System has deployed the Smart Campus Solution featuring biometric facial recognition from KanKan AI to enhance…
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