Andy O'Brien, managing director of Micro Librarian Systems (seller of Junior Librarian and Eclipse which have a child fingerprinting module)

Alasdair Darroch, managing director of Softlink Europe (seller of Alice and Alice Junior which have a child fingerprinting module)

Mitch Johns, President and Founder of school biometric vendor Food Service Solutions, and author of "The 'Honest' Truth on Biometrics in Schools".

Jack Straw MP, Leader of the House of Commons

And the list goes on...

Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Education (2006-2007)

Jim Knight MP, Minister of State (Schools and 14-19 Learners), Department for Education and Skills

Jacqui Smith MP, Minister of State for Schools in the Department for Education and Skills (2005-2006)

Ivan Lewis MP, Under-Secretary, Schools (until May 2006)

Lord Adonis, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills

• Kim Cameron, Microsoft's Identity Architect

• Andrew Clymer, senior identity management security expert (more than 8 years at Cisco Systems, working with Visa, Fidelity, Merrill Lynch, etc - providing them with a secure network environment)

• Paul Squires, Identity Solutions Architect at Enline plc

• Bruce Schneier, a respected US writer and lecturer on issues surrounding security and privacy, who has testified before Congress and authored eight books and dozens of articles and academic papers.

• Ralf Bendrath, privacy, security and internet researcher

• Dr Sandra Leaton Gray, Director of Studies, Sociology of Education, Homerton College, Cambridge

• Professor Emerita Leone Burton, University of Birmingham, visiting research fellow, Cambridge University

• Patricia Deubel, PhD, adjunct faculty member in the graduate School of Education at Capella University

• Dr James Atherton, learningandteaching.info

• Jon Crowcroft, Marconi Professor of Communications Systems, University of Cambridge

• Terrance Boult, University of Colorado

• Eugene Schultz, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP, CTO of High Tower Software

• David French , 30 plus years in IT, Wellington NZ

• Brian Drury, IT security consultant, UK

• Brian Honan, independent security consultant based in Dublin, Ireland

• Dom Devitto, information Security consultant, UK

• Rufus Evison MA (Cantab), senior IT consultant and company director, UK

• An unnamed Police Fingerprint Officer (15+ years' experience)

• Stephen Groesz, a partner with the law firm Bindmans

• The Austrian Supreme Court

• The States of Michigan, Illinios and Iowa (so far, others are likely to follow)

• Tony Delaney, The Assistant Irish Data Protection Commissioner

• Roderick Woo, Justice of the Peace at the Hong Kong Office of the Privacy Commissioner

• George Radwanski, Privacy Commissioner of Canada

• Ann Cavoukian, The Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

• Damian Green MP, Conservative Home Affairs spokesman

• The Rt Hon David Davis MP, Conservative Shadow Home Secretary

• Nick Gibb MP, Conservative Shadow Minister For Schools

• Baroness Carnegy, Conservative

• Sarah Teather MP, LibDem Shadow Education Secretary

• Greg Mulholland MP, Lib Dem Schools spokesperson

• Baroness Walmsley, LibDem

• Baroness Howe, Crossbencher

• 83 other MPs from all parties who have signed Early Day Motion 686 (frontbenchers do not usually sign EDMs)

• More than 1500 parents who voted last summer in an online poll against kiddyprinting without parental consent. 93% opposed fingerprinting without consent.

  And the list goes on...