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Information Commissioner reprimands school for how it implemented facial recognition technology for canteen payments

Posted in : Quarterly Education Law Updates on 22 August 2024
Paul Upson
Napier Solicitors
Issues covered: Facial Recognition Technology in Schools; Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) in Schools; Consent for Biometric Data Processing in Schools; Privacy Rights and Biometric Data in Education -

In this Education Law Update, Paul Upson from Napier Solicitors considers a recent reprimand issued by the Information Commissioner to a school in relation to how it implemented facial recognition technology for canteen payments.

Background

Many people regularly pay for goods and services via their smartphones using facial recognition technology. In recent years, the use of biometrics in the education sector has become more common. This initially focused on fingerprint scanning but, over the last while, some schools and colleges have started to use facial recognition technology to enable pupils to make payments, including for food and drinks in school canteens.

Chelmer Valley High School is

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This article is correct at 22/08/2024
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Paul Upson
Napier Solicitors

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