The Epoch Times by Owen Evans
For years, the UK has been using biometrics to identify school children, but now that facial recognition (FRT) software is becoming widely adopted, questions are being raised about ethical issues surrounding data and surveillance.
Companies say that the futuristic technology will radically improve productivity and efficiency during dinner times, but critics, including the UKâs snooping tsar, have come out strong against the use of facial recognition cameras in schools.
Professor Fraser Sampson, the independent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner told the Mail on Sunday last weekend he recently found out âcompletely by accidentâ about the Department Of Educationâs drafted plans on guidance on facial recognition cameras in schools across the country. Almost 70 schools have signed up for the system…
