Parent-printing poses privacy problems
Posted by Richard in Privacy at June 2nd, 2008
You’ve heard of Kiddyprinting. Now the BBC reports that two nursery schools in Kent are practicing the inverse:
Fingerprint scanners are being used at two Kent nursery schools to check the identity of parents.
Springfield Lodge Day Nursery, which has sites in Dartford and Swanscombe, is scanning the prints each time parents drop off their children.
Linda Berryman, the owner of the nursery, said the measures were for the “safety and security” of the children.
But the charity Kidscape, which aims to protect children from harm, described the measure as “paranoid and overkill”.
