Schools: Biometric Technologies Debate
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Schools: Biometric Technologies
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Baroness Barran (Con)
The Government are clearly not washing their hands; there are very clear procedures which schools must follow if they want to introduce this technology and very clear procedures which must be followed if a breach takes place.
Lord Flight (Con)
My Lords, for what purposes are biometric technologies used in schools?
Baroness Barran (Con)
There are a range of purposes. One, as the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, mentioned, is in relation to payment; another is access to libraries, where fingerprinting is often used. They are also used in order that children accessing free school meals do not have a separate payment system and are not stigmatised and their dignity is not affected.