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LTKA © against schools fingerprinting our children |
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LeaveThemKidsAlone.com ©
LTKA © against schools fingerprinting our children |
| Read what the BBC said about this issue Please tell a friend |
>> Vital questions you need to ask your children's school about fingerprinting <<
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WARNING: Some computer security experts feel that in the future it will be possible for the information stored on school biometric systems to be used to steal your child's identity |
"People have to be stark, raving mad to use conventional biometrics to improve the efficiency of a children's lunch line." Kim Cameron, architect of identity and access in Microsoft's connected systems division, 05 April 2007
"I have not been able to find a single piece of published research which suggests that the use of biometrics in schools promotes healthy eating or improves reading skills amongst children. I am concerned that these reasons are being given as a justification for fingerprinting children. There is absolutely no evidence for such claims." Dr Sandra Leaton Gray, Director of Studies, Sociology of Education, Homerton College, Cambridge, 20 Feb 2007
"Biometrics in schools seem[s} to be a questionable and costly solution for security--like technology looking for another home." Education consultant Patricia Deubel, PhD, adjunct faculty member in the graduate School of Education at Capella University, 10 April 2007
We name some of the biometric manufacturers targeting our schools
LTKA have entered into dialogue and in some cases have held meetings with a number of the manufacturers/vendors in the sector. We're certainly not looking for a witch-hunt, and we are confident that ultimately a solution can be found that will be acceptable to all sides. But given the way in which the school fingerprinting juggernaut has exploded from three or four companies 18 months ago to nearly twenty today, we do not consider that voluntary guidelines would be sufficient for the industry to clean up its act. We are seeking legislation to force schools to obtain prior explicit informed consent from parents before taking biometrics from their children. And we urge manufacturers to ensure that their systems are compatible with PIN numbers or smartcards (or perhaps even a new technology such as Gridsure) in the event that future legislation bans the use of biometrics in schools altogether.
Guantanamo firm enters schools The Times Educational Supplement, July 21, 2006
Company connected with notorious US army interrogations is taking British pupils' fingerprints.
25-08-2006 VeriChip Sells First Baby Protection System, in Talks with Military eWeek.com
02-08-2006 Primary School Fingerprint Firm Now Worth £8 Million
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Micro Librarian Systems Ltd (Junior Librarian / Eclipse) www.microlib.co.uk (cut & paste this link into your browser) Anteon (UK) Ltd (VeriCool) www.vericool.co.uk (cut & paste this link into your browser) Softlink Europe Ltd (Alice Junior) www.softlink.co.uk/gateway/gateway.gbw?X_=00bd&displayform=index&category=solutions§ion=alicegen&subsection=alicejunior Biostore www.bettshow.com/bett/show_exhdetails1.asp?exhibitorid=exhiReg657 (cut & paste this link into your browser) Byamsys http://www.byamsys.com/home.php (cut & paste this link into your browser) Gladstone Education (formerly London Systems) (OnRecord ) www.gladstone-education.com (cut & paste this link into your browser) Symex (mAcademy) www.symexuk.com (cut & paste this link into your browser) Easytrace Ltd www.easytrace.co.uk (cut & paste this link into your browser) CRB Solutions (Impact - biometric cashless catering) www.crbsolutions.co.uk/ (cut & paste this link into your browser) LCR Limited (QuickDine - using fingerprint software from M2sys) www.lcrbpl.co.uk (cut & paste this link into your browser) Eyenetwatch (a division of Romsey Associates Ltd) (iGuard) www.iguardsystem.com (cut & paste this link into your browser) Cyclone Industries Ltd / A2Z Core IT Solutions (Live Register) www.liveregister.co.uk (cut & paste this link into your browser) DRS Data Services Ltd (DRS Intellireg) www.drs.co.uk (cut & paste this link into your browser) Remsdaq (Starwatch) www.remsdaq.com/content/products/integratedsecurity/integsecurity.html (cut & paste this link into your browser) Yarg Biometrics www.yargbiometrics.com (cut & paste this link into your browser) Synel Industries UK Ltd (Falcon4Schools AM/PM registration) www.synel.co.uk/schools/ (cut & paste this link into your browser) facetime (e-registration) http://www.facetime.ltd.uk/schools.htm (cut & paste this link into your browser) Pinecone Associates Ltd (Cashless Catering / checking payments for school trips) http://www.pineconeonline.com/ (cut & paste this link into your browser) Identity Solutions Limited www.identitysolutions.uk.com/index.html (cut & paste this link into your browser) |
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Lenel, A Utc Fire & Security Co (OnGuard) www.lenel.com (cut & paste this link into your browser) M2SYS Technology www.m2sys.com/pr041206.htm (cut & paste this link into your browser) Education Management Systems, Inc (MealsPlus) www.mealsplus.com (cut & paste this link into your browser) identiMetrics (identiFi / BioCHECK) http://identimetrics.net (cut & paste this link into your browser) Food Service Solutions, Inc (POSitive ID System III) www.foodserve.com (cut & paste this link into your browser) LunchBox from Data Futures, installed in more than 3200 schools across the United States. It uses optional biometrics. FingerprintsBioscrypt DigitalPersona Food Service Solutions (see above) Silex Technology America HandprintsApogee Biometrics Biomet Partners Diebold Recognition Systems Sentry Kids Voice RecognitionAuthentify Dragon Systems Nuance T-Netix |
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UK Biometrics Ltd (nursery fingerprint system controlling access for parents and adult visitors only) www.ukbiometrics.co.uk (cut & paste this link into your browser) |
