Not only was data protection law ignored, but obligations under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. “campaign groups – including Liberty and Defend Digital Me – have long argued that #facialrecognition and other #biometric identification technologies have no place in schools.”

Our comment after yet another ICO reprimand to a UK school for use of facial recognition in their canteen. But what about the supplier? defenddigitalme.org/2024/07/26/ess… #BanBiometricsInSchools #FacialRecognition #GDPR

Catch up on our view of the Essex school reprimanded by ICO - Information Commissioner's Office for facial recognition in the pupils' canteen, and on some more background in our 2022 UK-wide report plus views from parliamentarians. youtu.be/9kdWKHyHGs0 📑defenddigitalme.org/2024/07/26/ess… 👁‍🗨#BanBiometricsInSchools

The Russian city of Surgut plans to install facial recognition cameras in all schools: "Identity will be established through the lens. Surgut schools are planning to equip cameras with facial recognition technology. This was reported to journalists by the city's mayor, Maxim

Not long left to apply to be our new consultant analysing the legal framework that does (or doesn’t) govern facial recognition in Brazilian schools! Find out more: privacyinternational.org/opportunities/…

In 2023 the New York State Department of Education rightfully recognized the dangers of facial recognition tech and banned its use in schools. annualreport.nyclu.org/article-bannin…)%20in%20New%20York%20schools.

The State of #Biometrics (2022): A Review of Policy and Practice in UK #Education by Biometrics in school & Jen Persson🌻 defenddigitalme.org/research/state… Where, how and why the state lets children down in protection of their biometric data and what we should do about it. 4/ #BanBiometricsInSchools

Today is the Fight for the Future National Day of Action to ban facial recognition in schools. Secretary Miguel Cardona and U.S. Department of Education must ban this invasive and biased technology to protect student civil liberties. Sign the letter demanding action today: banfacialrecognition.com/schools

A statement on the Autumn term school census 2024: Perhaps it’s time parents and competent children ask to use the right to object, and test what it means. defenddigitalme.org/2024/10/03/aut… #SchoolCensusDay #PupilData #DataProtection

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…

🚨We've uncovered a £20,000,000 tender for facial recognition expansion across the UK Diana Johnson DBE MP 🇬🇧🇺🇦🌈 is promising to investigate this mass surveillance tech, yet tens of millions of taxpayers' cash is being allocated on expanding it. #StopFacialRecognition

It's our annual #HappyAdvent National Pupil Database countdown calendar! Even more MPs than ever, aged under 50 in the UK House of Commons, 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…

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?

“Learning about learners: Protecting Children's #Data”. A Privacy International podcast and interview with Jen Persson🌻 (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…

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

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

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 whatdotheyknow.com/request/depart…

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