Financial institution exemption dooms student’s BIPA class action suit
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney For almost four years now, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy…
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Entrenched positions on biometric surveillance in NY schools aired
The U.S. state of New York’s IT services agency listened last week to testimony about putting biometric ID and surveillance…
Texas parents to collect students’ biometrics; Sydney school loo-turns on fingerprints
Parents in Texas have been given the option to collect DNA samples of their children using freely distributed test kits,…
Some schools still see a good tradeoff when looking at biometrics
Little has changed in the debate whether to use biometrics in schools. Some communities continue to reject them while others…
More schools think they see an answer to mass murders in biometric surveillance
Biometrics scanning is the newest technology employed in U.S. primary and secondary schools to prevent children from murdering others with…
West Virginia schools to deploy Rank One facial recognition for security system pilot
Schools in Marion County, West Virginia will pilot live facial recognition from Rank One Computing for visitor management and threat…
England updates guidance – not legislation – for biometrics use in schools
Just as schools broke up for the summer holidays, the Department for Education released updated guidance for the protection of…
‘Never mind’ — Carnegie Mellon after floating facial recognition policy
Carnegie Mellon University officials reportedly have said they have never used facial recognition technology and, after community feedback, have decided…
Wales issues new guidance on biometrics in schools, clarity welcomed
The Welsh government has released new, clear guidance on how schools should prepare for implementing any technology that would handle…
Carnegie Mellon draft policy would allow biometric surveillance on campus
Campus police would be allowed to use biometric surveillance on campus for criminal investigations under a new draft policy. The…
