Comments on: Conversation with my County Councillor http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/conversation-with-my-county-councillor.html Cambridge, United Kingdom. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Richard Taylor http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/conversation-with-my-county-councillor.html#comment-36488 Richard Taylor Wed, 12 May 2010 17:02:31 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/conversation-with-my-county-councillor.html#comment-36488 The agreement between the Conservatives and Lib Dems for the coalition Government includes <blockquote> # Outlawing the finger-printing of children at school without parental permission. </blockquote> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8677933.stm The agreement between the Conservatives and Lib Dems for the coalition Government includes

# Outlawing the finger-printing of children at school without parental permission.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8677933.stm

]]> By: Richard Taylor http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/conversation-with-my-county-councillor.html#comment-32207 Richard Taylor Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:39:35 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/conversation-with-my-county-councillor.html#comment-32207 Following an academy school in London forcibly taking children's fingerprints at last there is some uproar and national press coverage on the matter: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1262087/Schools-taking-fingerprints-pupils-parents-knowing.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8593727.stm We shouldn't be teaching children that the state forcibly taking fingerprints against their will and without their parent's consent is normal or acceptable. If fingerprints are to be used there need to be strong safeguards in place, children and parents need to be aware of those. How should the data be used; who can it be shared with? Following an academy school in London forcibly taking children’s fingerprints at last there is some uproar and national press coverage on the matter:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1262087/Schools-taking-fingerprints-pupils-parents-knowing.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8593727.stm

We shouldn’t be teaching children that the state forcibly taking fingerprints against their will and without their parent’s consent is normal or acceptable. If fingerprints are to be used there need to be strong safeguards in place, children and parents need to be aware of those.

How should the data be used; who can it be shared with?

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