Biometrics in school

In 2016 Norway gave every 5-year-old child an iPad. Within a few years, Norway's reading scores plummeted and dropped below the OECD average. They ranked dead last out of 65 countries. Now Norway is spending millions of dollars to reverse this trend and get people reading.

Back to books - Sweden's schools give up digital learning bbc.in/41CvrFS

@Miss_Snuffy Scotland next 🤞pippaking.blogspot.com/p/ipads.html?m…

HOORAY 🥳

UK Home Office dangles £1.3M prize for algorithm that guesses your age dlvr.it/TMyszP

It’s back-to-school — and the Department is still stalling. There is no exemption that applies to ‘wait for a Ministerial decision’ — we generously waited an extra 20 days permitted for a public interest test. The DfE is now in breach of its FOI obligation #outgoing-1926092" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">whatdotheyknow.com/request/depart…

@mcclure_colette @Togetherdec @thecoastguy Parents and the child can opt to use an alternative, they have a right to use an alternative and the school must provide another means of ID under the Protection of Freedoms Act pippaking.blogspot.com/p/legal-law.ht… - which school is it?

A national digital ID system, whatever the excuse, is a major threat to everyone’s freedom, privacy, & safety - & we say no Whether you’re worried about state overreach, the risks of a hacked database, or racial profiling - we all see the same danger: a system built for control, not for protection Take action #together: together.eaction.org.uk/notodigitalid

Anti-skynet clothing beats face recognition and becomes “must have” as people prepare for the worst…

@stuart_o15145 @ForeverScept @grok @grok is wrong. See company in U.K. onvulearning.com/lesson-capture… 24/7 recording audio and visual. Been in U.K. schools for 7 years.

@ForeverScept @grok can you please authenticate this?

Cameras to be trialled in primary school classrooms in the UK.

Francesca Whitelaw KC has been appointed as the interim UK biometrics commissioner. ukauthority.com/articles/home-… #ukgovernment #biometrics

@LXIPOP @WarriorSpeech28 The school also has to legally give your son an alternative which is great - but why would a school have to legally run two systems, biometric and non biometric, side by side - can’t be cheap and must be more time consuming 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️ legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/p…

@Pippa_King @WarriorSpeech28 The facial recognition is for doors apparently - And I'm not willing to give my children's specific school out online for obvious reasons. Keep up the good work though!

Heads up for anyone with children starting secondary school in September ALL our local schools are now using biometrics for lunch payments - My son is the ONLY child in class to not give his fingerprint / iris over Check the small print - Protect their privacy - Do not consent.

@LXIPOP @WarriorSpeech28 No worries at all, completely understand. Happy if you feel you could DM it but also understand if not 😊🙏

@LXIPOP @WarriorSpeech28 Hi, I’ve been campaigning to get biometrics out of U.K. schools for 20 yes. Which school is using iris scans? I wasn’t aware iris scanning was in U.K. schools. And good that you said No, ultimately kids can say no as the end decision lies with them, even if the parents said yes

@WarriorSpeech28 At a rate of knots - First it was fingerprints and now it's their iris. It's scary as people seem so blase about giving such personal information out - FOR A LUNCH PASS 🤯

“Learning about learners: Protecting Children's #Data”. A @privacyint podcast and interview with @TheABB (June 2025) What’s in your National Pupil Record, current issues in UK pupil data, #EdTech, #AI, what futures are possible and how, and why it matters privacyinternational.org/video/5598/lea…

Today’s #DUABill Committee Stage discussion of abuse of personal data seems self evident as right to prevent content creation, not only distribution, for CSAM or coercive control—but I wonder if this is the place for it, given DP law is exempt for personal / household activity?

It's our annual #HappyAdvent National Pupil Database countdown calendar! Even more MPs than ever, aged under 50 in the @HouseofCommons, are now in the data too—including half the Cabinet Ministers—but do they know where their data go? 1/26 What's the NPD defenddigitalme.org/wp-content/upl…

🚨We've uncovered a £20,000,000 tender for facial recognition expansion across the UK @DianaJohnsonMP is promising to investigate this mass surveillance tech, yet tens of millions of taxpayers' cash is being allocated on expanding it. #StopFacialRecognition

Translation: Students Line Up at Facial Recognition Gate While Fleeing Fire. "School officials interviewed by reporters calmly said, 'Of course they had to scan out, how else could we guarantee that they were safe?'" chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/11/transl…

@danabiava_toni @northernotter86 bournvilleschool.org/wp-content/upl…