It seems a bit hard to believe at first, but it’s happening. Schools across the country are compulsorily fingerprinting children without the consent of the parents. It seems to be with regards some supposed library system, but it seems rather over the top, and that it’s without the consent of parents beggars belief. Especially when parental consent is required for so many other things, not least sex education, swimming lessons, and away trips. So why not the capturing of biometrics information, the use of which seems a little murky, and rather ominous, and in a time when identity theft is of growing concern. Surely childrens identities are of equal value, and deserve equal protection and appropriate consent.
A campaigning website has been set up, and it seems momentum is building. no2id brought it to my attention, seemingly via a national tabloid campaign too. If you’ve kids at primary school, or involved in their teaching, it’d make sense to familiarise yourself with the issues.
