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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 |
| 10 Things You Should Know About Schools Fingerprinting Children (summary). | ||
| 10 Things You Should Know About Schools Fingerprinting Children (expanded version). | ||
| * * | Manufacturers' advice to schools. | |
| Answers and scores for ltka's exclusive kiddyprinting quiz. | ||
| * * | Old blog archive (out of date). | |
| Secret back-door could transmit fingerprint data to police/government (Brian Drury). | ||
| * * | Sample banners for linking to LTKA. | |
| What schools tell parents about fingerprinting. | ||
| Links to related blogs. | ||
| a step-by-step plan of action for schools to introduce biometrics without parental consent. | ||
| * * | Letter from dentist warning about Ritalin. | |
| * * | Low-key school letter about fingerprinting compared with another standard letter. | |
| * * | School letter to parents about biometrics shows total lack of consultation. | |
| Contact details for LTKA. | ||
| * * | How could school biometric systems be misused? | |
| * * | Correspondence received by LTKA in the first few months. | |
| * * | Parents who don't find out their child was fingerprinted untiil some time later. | |
| Examples of how schools implement and justify biometrics (February 2007). | ||
| Kiddyprinting - news and resources from a (mainland) European perspective. | ||
| * * | School that threatened to exclude sixth form students who objected to fingerprinting. | |
| Leading computer security experts warn of hidden dangers. | ||
| Manufacturers' misleading claims challenged, e.g. "a fingerprint image is not stored" (summary). | ||
| Manufacturers' and vendors' misleading claims challenged (expanded version). | ||
| * * | Early feedback from LTKA visitors. | |
| * * | Letter from a parent in Croydon about school's decision to introduce biometrics. | |
| Online Discussion Forums (about school fingerprinting). | ||
| * * | Invitation to tell a friend about kiddyprinting. | |
| Some fun stuff about kiddyprinting. | ||
| Gillick competence examined. | ||
| List of schools that have rejected installing biometrics. | ||
| * * | Specific information for school governors. | |
| Our response to the government's weak guidance on school fingerprinting. | ||
| "Can I stop kiddyprinting from happening?" | ||
| Alternative version of home page. | ||
| * * | Head teacher denies any link - despite parents never having raised the issue. | |
| Main home page of LTKA. | ||
| * * | Sample alternative style mockup for homepage. | |
| * * | Old version of LTKA homepage, from July 2006. | |
| "Do Biometrics have a role for school registration?" (Andrew Clymer). | ||
| * * | Summary of issues relating to biometrics in schools. | |
| Former education minister Alan Johnson MP breaks his silence on school fingerprinting. | ||
| * * | Specific information for journalists. | |
| * * | Latest news (last updated in August 2006, now superceded by Pippa King's excellent blog). | |
| Leaflet for parents explaining child fingerprinting - includes an opt-out slip. | ||
| * * | Guidance on biometrics sent by one LEA to all it schools in 2005. | |
| Legal advice received on kiddyprinting. | ||
| * * | Text of letter from Cambridge school announcing library scheme. | |
| * * | Scan of letter from Cambridge school announcing library scheme.. | |
| * * | Flyer handed out to parents at school gates. | |
| * * | School's pathetic letter to all parents in support of kiddyprinting. | |
| * * | School's letter to all parents in support of kiddyprinting, with "use your thumb" highlighted. | |
| * * | School's letter to all parents in support of kiddyprinting - the first half has parents' comments added. | |
| * * | Our letter to parents replying to school's letter (never sent). | |
| * * | School's second letter to all parents in support of kiddyprinting, after parents complained that first letter was defamatory. | |
| * * | Our first letter to head teacher. | |
| * * | Our second letter to head teacher. | |
| * * | Reply from chair of governors. | |
| * * | Second letter to chair of governors. | |
| * * | Our FOI request sent to school. | |
| * * | School's letter to another parent who objected. | |
| * * | Insensitive letter from a Bristol head teacher. | |
| * * | Summary of correspondence with Camridge school. | |
| Other sites which may be of interest. | ||
| * * | Very early draft of an FOI letter to send to LEAs. | |
| List of (mainly UK) biometric manufacturers. | ||
| * * | Subscribe to newsletter using this page. | |
| How biometric systems are sold to schools. Unsubstantiated claims and misinformation that schools accept in good faith. | ||
| * * | Archive of old LTKA blogs. No longer updated. | |
| More info and links about schools fingerprinting children. | ||
| * * | Even more info and links about kiddyprinting. | |
| Invitation for teachers to donate their fingerprints to LTKA (fun). | ||
| Results of invitation to teachers to donate their fingerprints. | ||
| * * | Vital questions to ask your school (preview page for journalists - no longer updated). | |
| Nothing to hide, nothing to fear? - a lesson from history. | ||
| Nothing to hide, nothing to fear? - more on the government's kgb-style mantra. | ||
| Leading supporters and opponents of school biometrics (summary). | ||
| Leading supporters and opponents of school biometrics (expanded version). | ||
| Database state - the big picture. | ||
| * * | Specific information for parents. | |
| Text of parliamentary exchanges. | ||
| Listen to LTKA's first radio broadcast. | ||
| School fingerprinting - a police fingerprint officer's view. | ||
| * * | Online Poll - from July & August 2006 - now closed. 1510 (93%) yes / 105 (7%) no | |
| Relevant news articles. | ||
| * * | More news articles (no longer updated). | |
| * * | How could the system be misused? | |
| * * | LTKA's Data Protection and Privacy Policy. | |
| School fingerprinting FAQ. | ||
| Questions for ltka's exclusive kiddyprinting quiz. | ||
| Selected quotes from the blogosphere and elsewhere. | ||
| Risks / benefits of school fingerprinting. | ||
| How to steal our kids' biometric data (Rufus Evison). | ||
| A few of the schools using biometric related systems (A-E). | ||
| Some more of the schools using biometric related systems (F-L). | ||
| A few of the schools using biometric related systems (M-R). | ||
| Some more of the schools using biometric related systems (S-Z). | ||
| Schools that have already scrapped biometrics. | ||
| * * | School fingerprints under the microscope - from Education Executive. | |
| Expert claims government could share school fingerprint data (Terrance Boult). | ||
| * * | What I would have done in the headmaster's shoes - a personal view (Thomas Mead). | |
| LTKA Sitemap (this page). | ||
| Responses to the fingerprinting Head Teacher who "forgot" to ask parents' permission. | ||
| Ever-changing DfES 'spin' on school biometrics. | ||
| * * | Experimental splash page for dual versions of LTKA (never used). | |
| * * | Final appeal (open letter) to Cambridge school to abandon biometrics - July 2006. | |
| Extract from ARCH's submission to the Home Affairs Committee surveillance inquiry. | ||
| An executive summary of critical issues related to the use of biometrics in schools. | ||
| * * | Specific information for teachers. | |
| General template for new look LTKA pages. | ||
| * * | LTKA terms and conditions. | |
| Old version of sitemap featuring around 50 pages - no longer updated. | ||
| 101 ways to 'use your thumb' (fun). | ||
| * * | Letter from teenager protesting about being 'tricked' into agreeing to be fingerprinted. | |
| Fingerprinting children - news and resources from a U.S. perspective. | ||
| Ban the scan - summary of U.S. kiddyprinting issues. | ||
| Vital questions to ask your school before you allow your child to be fingerprinted. | ||
| * * | How does the scheme work in practice? |
