UK ICO reprimands schools over facial recognition
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has reprimanded the Chelmer Valley High School in Chelmsford, Essex for unlawfully implementing facial recognition technology in its canteen. The school failed to perform a data protection information assessment, and didn't get adequate permission to process their students' biometric data or ask students to give consent by opting in. North Ayrshire Council - who implemented facial recognition in nine schools in Scotland - have also been warned by the ICO that inflicting facial recognition to manage over 2,000 student's lunch payments probably infringed their data protection rights.
Publication: Biometric Update
Writer: Abigail Opiah