Schools: Biometrics

(asked on 8th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of facial recognition and other biometric technology in schools.


Answered by
Baroness Barran Portrait
Baroness Barran
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This question was answered on 21st March 2022

The department has not undertaken any assessment of the use of facial recognition and other biometric technologies in schools or their interoperability with other government agencies.

Any decision to use an automated biometric system should be taken after careful consideration by the headteacher and governors, and after appropriate consultation with pupils and parents. If they choose to do so, they must comply with all relevant legislation set out in the Data Protection Act 2018, UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.

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