Of 866,423 pupils enrolled using the technology, 31 per cent did not receive parental permission prior to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, the group has warned.
Big Brother Watch also estimate that, if the percentage of schools using the technology increases from 25 to 30, more than a million children will be fingerprinted.
The group urges parents to question their children’s schools, as they too place pressure on the education system to clarify their use of biometric technology.
Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch, said: “Going to school should not mean kids are taught they have no privacy, especially at a time when we are sharing more data about ourselves than ever before.
“Fingerprinting them and tracking what they do might save some admin work but the risk is pupils think it is normal to be tracked like this all the time”.
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Quelle/Source: The Information Daily, 03.01.2014
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