Excellent blog post by Paul Bernal on surveillance of children:

http://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/doin-it-for-the-kids/

The Protection of Freedoms Bill has provisions addressing the use of biometric data in schools.

However many schools are still ignorant of the need to comply with information law. See page 11 of our previous newsletter:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:hYY1DrIYltsJ:www.actnow.org.uk/media/newsletters/May_2011.pdf+biometric+data+in+schools+%22Act+Now+Training%22&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiDSqQ8q9Y2N3WO75hON0KlFKE5yPPk1kjrQN-B9vcylsYB2IBjOLrxnwuwawKkkFZpNUs6DxssG_6pXQh_YfmM66V_fbcGFhi6MvV5wsTny8c7WoLwZssEkEXlOUb46ARG_6CT&sig=AHIEtbSbjNNsWZWV7zHPVJF8jC_HRQo0jw

Regards

Ibrahim Hasan
Solicitor and Director
Act Now Training Limited

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