This has prompted privacy concerns and uncertainty about the legal status of holding fingerprints from children.
The guidance says schools must destroy data when pupils leave school and not share any such biometric information.
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Schools get rules on biometrics
Published: 01 September, 2007
Schools are being given official guidelines to clarify how they can use and store pupils' biometric information, such as fingerprints. There are schools which use biometric systems for registration, meal payments and for taking books from libraries.
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