Elementary school scans student fingerprints — doesn’t notify parents
September 8, 2016
By Victor Skinner
OREGON CITY, Ore. – Parents are outraged after an Oregon school district implemented fingerprint scanners for student lunches without informing them.
“That is a huge violation of our privacy,” Stina Turner, a mother of three at Gaffney Lane Elementary School, told KATU. “You have to get a signature to use my child’s picture for anything, and for using her fingerprint for anything you would definitely need a signature for that, too.”fingerscansangerparents
A prepared statement by the Oregon City School District states the fingerprint scanners “are intended to provide students more time to enjoy a nutritious meal and less time standing in line,” and acknowledged that parents were not notified about the change.
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