School district adds facial recognition of sex offenders to ROC.ai surveillance system
A school district located in the U.S. state of West Virginia is building out its facial recognition system, adding the…
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.
New Indian school ID adds another credential on top of Aadhaar
India’s One Nation, One ID program appears to have been misnamed, with the controversial announcement of a plan to assign…
Safety, privacy professionals caution against facial recognition in US schools
As facial recognition deployments and restrictions proliferate among American schools, observers are calling for sober evaluation of claims made by…
US schools left on their own to figure out biometric surveillance policies
A lengthy newspaper article about facial recognition in schools and a likewise robust report by the American Civil Liberties Union…
Face biometrics at Iranian universities prompt fear of political silencing
As the Islamic Republic takes measures to silence academia, students at Iranian universities are facing tightened security measures such as…
Biometrics look increasingly likely for schools afraid of gun attacks
When U.S. state of New York schools got the OK last week to use biometric systems short of facial recognition,…
Facial recognition shut out of New York State schools
Schools in the U.S. state of New York cannot buy or use facial recognition. Some schools had deployed cameras and…
Ethiopia rolls out student IDs, integrates biometric data to issue Fayda
Ethiopia’s National ID Program and Ministry of Education have announced that biometric digital ID has been adopted as the official…
Support for biometrics soft in New York schools
The New York State’s IT Services Office released a report on biometrics in schools that recommends caution before putting it…
Facial recognition used to streamline roll call in Brazil schools
The school roll call as most know it is being transformed by face biometrics. In Paraná, Brazil, over 200,000 students…
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