27 schools in England using facial recognition to take lunch payments

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Twenty seven schools in England are using a facial recognition system to take lunch payments from children, with 15 more due to start using the system shortly

Just under 70 schools have either ordered the system, are currently using it or are about to go live with it, Mr Swanston said. Other schools may be using similar systems from different providers.

"There can be no freely given consent when the power imbalance with the authority is such that it makes it hard to refuse. Automated or live facial recognition systems have caused controversy for police in the UK, prompting the Metropolitan Police to commission a study which subsequently found thatThe force disavowed the findings, with the deputy assistant commissioner, Duncan Ball, saying they were"extremely disappointed with the negative and unbalanced tone of this report".

Fraser Sampson, the independent biometrics commissioner, told Sky News:"First there's nothing intrinsically wrong with the idea - we’ve been using it for while now in our phones and facial recognition offers same wonderful opportunities to improve people's lives - from ensuring the safety of people with dementia to allowing visitors to navigate around museums and receive a commentary on what they're looking at. It's the use and the user that's key here.

 

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They could just give them free lunches for what they are probably spending on this. Shocking. Are they selling bio data in return? Who is holding the data? Are parents ok with this really? £3.20 a meal now. But money to spend on this!!

And this is what it has always been about , catching up with China

What a waste of money.

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