Schools in fingerprinting row

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BlankTuesday, 23 July, 2002, 17:04 GMT 18:04 UK 
Schools in fingerprinting row
Tens of thousands of children are being fingerprinted in school - often without the consent of their parents, a human rights group has complained. 
Prints are taken for a library lending system which the makers say makes lending more efficient and less vulnerable to abuse. 

But the pressure group Privacy International says the practice is illegal and breaches the human right to privacy. 

Dangerous 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/education/2144188.stm



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