School’s fingerprint system may breach laws

A CO Limerick secondary school may be forced to drop a hi-tech fingerprint student monitoring system for breaching data protection legislation.

School’s fingerprint system may breach laws

All 420 students at the mixed Salesian College in Pallaskenry have been fingerprinted for the new biometric system used for daily enrolment.

A fingerprint from each hand is registered on two scanners when students arrive in the morning and return after lunch.

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